Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Commending Scott McGeary.
Recognizing rights of women; affirming biological differences between the sexes for purposes of laws of the Commonwealth. Recognizes the rights of women by affirming that for purposes of the laws of the Commonwealth, a person's sex is defined as his or her biological sex, either male or female, at birth.
Commending the Triangle Volunteer Fire Department.
Commending Kenbridge Construction Company, Inc.
Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penaltyfor a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult. The bill also makes it a Class 5 felony to solicitprostitution from any minor. Under current law, any person who solicitsprostitution from a minor is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the minoris 16 years of age or older or a Class 5 felony if the minor is youngerthan 16 years of age. Finally, the bill increases the fines for certainoffenses related to sex trafficking from $100 to $1,000 and from$500 to $2,500, respectively.
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the HonorableYvonne Bond Miller's service in the Virginia General Assembly.
Local government actions related to comprehensiveplans, local planning commissions, subdivision plats and site plans,and zoning ordinances; approval process. Makes several changesto local government land use approval processes, including (i) prohibitinguse of the comprehensive plan as the basis, in whole or in part, for the disapproval of a site plan that is otherwise in conformitywith duly adopted standards, ordinances, and statutes and (ii) allowingautomatic approval of certain land use applications rather than aright to petition the circuit court, as provided under current law,if a locality does not approve or disapprove the application withinthe required timeframe. The bill also reduces from 12 months to fourmonths the time within which a locality must initially act upon certainproposed zoning ordinance amendments and requires a locality to acton all such proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance or map thatit has previously disapproved within 45 days after an amended proposalhas been resubmitted for approval.