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2014 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chairman: Frank W. Wagner

Clerk: Eric Bingham
Staff: Sarah Stanton
Date of Meeting: January 17, 2014
Time and Place: 8:30 AM, Senate Room B
Updated to add SB 430

S.B. 132 Department of Social Services; annual review of payments made to TANF recipients.

Patron: Favola

Department of Social Services; annual review of payments made to TANF recipients and indexing of such payments to the Consumer Price Index. Requires the Department of Social Services to develop and implement a process for annually reviewing the amount of assistance paid to eligible recipients through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and indexing the amount of such payments in an amount equal to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the year immediately preceding the year in which the review occurs. The bill requires the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its progress in implementing the provisions of the act no later than December 1, 2014.

A BILL to require the Department of Social Services to annually review the amount of payments made to TANF recipients and index the amount of such payments to the Consumer Price Index.

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S.B. 134 Independent living services; individuals between 18 and 21 years of age.

Patron: Favola

Independent living services; individuals between 18 and 21 years of age. Requires local departments of social services and child-placing agencies to provide independent living services to any person between 18 and 21 years of age who is transitioning from a commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice to self-sufficiency when such individual was in the custody of the local department of social services immediately prior to his commitment, provides written notice of his intent to receive independent living services, and enters into a written agreement for independent living services with the local board of social services or child-placing agency within 60 days of his release. Currently, local departments and child-placing agencies may but are not required to provide independent living services to such individuals.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-905.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to independent living services; individuals between 18 and 21 years of age.

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S.B. 136 Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; training center residents care.

Patron: Newman

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; training center residents; quality of care. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to ensure that, before any training center resident is transferred to another facility or placed in community-based care, adequate resources are in place to guarantee the receiving facility provides an equal or better quality of care as compared to the resident's current training center.

A BILL to ensure adequate resources are available to training center residents transferred to another facility or placed in community-based care.

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S.B. 167 Felons; weekend jail time.

Patron: Stanley

Weekend jail time. Allows the court to sentence a felon to nonconsecutive days or weekend jail time if the felony was not an "act of violence" as defined in § 19.2-297.1. The bill also eliminates the provision that nonconsecutive days or weekend jail time is for the purpose of allowing the defendant to retain employment. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-131.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nonconsecutive jail days.

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S.B. 169 Alcoholic beverage control; wineries, on-premises events.

Patron: Stanley

Alcoholic beverage control; wineries; on-premises events. Allows winery licensees to host no more than 12 special events per calendar year on the premises of the licensee, during which the licensee may sell and serve wine for on-premises consumption in rooms or areas approved by the Board.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-207 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; wineries; on-premises events.

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S.B. 272 Juvenile Justice, Department of; use of isolation and restraint necessary to protect child's health.

Patron: Favola

Department of Juvenile Justice; use of isolation and restraint. Prohibits the Department of Juvenile Justice and any mental health facility to which a child in its custody has been transferred from isolating or physically restraining a child unless it is necessary to protect the child's health or the health of other children.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 66-20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Juvenile Justice; use of isolation and restraint.

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S.B. 301 Jail construction; state reimbursement for cost of renovating, etc., to provide mental health beds.

Patron: McDougle

Jail construction; state reimbursement; mental health beds. Provides that the Commonwealth will reimburse 50% of the cost of constructing, enlarging, or renovating a jail or regional jail to provide mental health beds and 100% of the cost of treating personnel. The jails must go through an application and approval process. The bill limits the current 50% reimbursement for construction, enlargement, or renovation of regional jails to projects approved by the Governor prior to July 1, 2014.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 53.1-81, 53.1-82, 53.1-83.1, and 53.1-95.19 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 53.1-82.4, relating to state reimbursement for certain jail construction and expenses; mental health beds.

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S.B. 307 Alcoholic beverage control; composition of board.

Patron: Deeds

Alcoholic beverage control; composition of board. Changes the duties and compensation of the three-member Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The bill provides that the chairman shall continue to serve full-time and receive a salary fixed by the General Assembly and redesignates the remaining two positions as part-time associate positions for which members shall receive per diem compensation.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-102 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; composition of board.

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S.B. 316 Local boards; appointment of members of boards of supervisors.

Patron: Vogel

Local boards; appointment of members of boards of supervisors. Provides that in cases in which a member of a local board of social services is also a member of the board of supervisors of a county represented by the local board, he shall serve on the local board at the pleasure of the board of supervisors of which he is a member or until such time as he ceases to be a member of the board of supervisors.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-301 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local boards; appointment of members of boards of supervisors.

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S.B. 430 Alcoholic beverage control; farm brewery license created, local regulation of certain activities.

Patron: Watkins

Alcoholic beverage control; farm brewery license created; local regulation of certain activities. Creates a new farm brewery license and sets out the privileges of this new license and the state and local license tax. The bill defines farm brewery. The bill also limits application of local zoning ordinances to farm breweries in the same manner as farm wineries and specifically provides that no local ordinance shall impose minimum parking, road access, or road upgrade requirements on any licensed farm brewery. The bill contains numerous technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-100, 4.1-112.2, 4.1-119, 4.1-123, 4.1-128, 4.1-200, 4.1-201, 4.1-201.1, 4.1-208, 4.1-209.1, 4.1-212, 4.1-212.1, 4.1-215, 4.1-231, 4.1-233, 4.1-235, 4.1-238, 4.1-324, 4.1-325.2, 4.1-326, 4.1-500, and 15.2-2288.3 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4.1-219.1, relating to alcoholic beverage control; farm brewery license created; local regulation of certain activities.

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S.B. 502 Alcoholic beverage control; limited mixed-beverage restaurant licenses.

Patron: Favola

Alcoholic beverage control; limited mixed-beverage restaurant licenses. Allows limited mixed-beverage restaurant licensees to sell and serve wine, beer, and champagne for on-premises consumption.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-210 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; limited mixed-beverage restaurant licenses.

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S.B. 557 Alcoholic beverage control; distillers' licenses, tasting privileges, special event licenses.

Patron: Black

Alcoholic beverage control (ABC); distillers' licenses; tasting privileges; distillers' special event licenses. Creates a new distillers' special event license and sets its privileges and state and local license taxes. The bill also grants to a distiller licensee the privilege to conduct tastings under certain circumstances. The bill provides that tasting events conducted in government stores established by the ABC Board on a distiller's licensed premises shall be without limitation of time of day, duration of tasting periods, or frequency of tastings poured per customer, provided no customer is served in violation of ABC law.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-119, 4.1-206, 4.1-231, and 4.1-233 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; distillers' licenses; tasting privileges; distillers' special event licenses.

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S.B. 561 Geriatric prisoners; conditional release, persons subject to protective orders ineligible.

Patron: Puckett

Conditional release of geriatric prisoners; persons subject to protective orders ineligible. Provides that a prisoner who was convicted of a felony act of violence and who was subject to a protective order at the time of the offense is ineligible for conditional release from prison due to age if the victim of the felony offense was the protected person under the protective order.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-40.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to conditional release of geriatric prisoners; persons subject to protective orders ineligible.

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S.B. 596 Alcoholic beverage control; state and local license tax on certain brewery licensees.

Patron: Marsden

Alcoholic beverage control; state license tax on certain brewery licensees. Provides that the state license tax for breweries that manufacture no more than 500 barrels of beer during the licensing year is $350.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-231 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; state license tax on certain brewery licensees.

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S.B. 605 Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage license for Virginia State Fair.

Patron: Puller

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage license for Virginia State Fair. Updates the license for the Virginia State Fair.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-210 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage license for Virginia State Fair.

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S.B. 607 Method of execution; Director of DOC certifies that lethal injection isn't available, electrocution.

Patron: Carrico

Method of execution. Provides that if the Director of the Department of Corrections certifies that lethal injection is not available as a method of execution, electrocution shall be used instead.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-234 of the Code of Virginia, relating to method of execution.

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