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2015 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chairman: Frank W. Wagner

Clerk: Eric Bingham
Staff: Sarah Stanton, David May
Date of Meeting: February 13, 2015
Time and Place: Friday 8:30 AM, Senate Room B
Updated to include HB1776

H.B. 1439 Alcoholic beverage control; regulations.

Patron: Albo

Alcoholic beverage control; regulations. Directs the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to promulgate regulations related to temporary extensions of licensed premises, happy hours, transfers of alcoholic beverage inventory between licenses, gifts, containers, sales of distilled spirits in flights, and the storage and sale of pre-mixed alcoholic beverages.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-111, 4.1-201, 4.1-210, 4.1-325, and 4.1-325.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; regulations; samples of alcoholic beverages; combined mixed beverage restaurant and caterer's license.

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H.B. 1482 Alcoholic beverage control; creates an art instruction studio license.

Patron: Rush

Alcoholic beverage control; art instruction studio license. Creates an art instruction studio license that permits the (i) consumption of wine or beer on the premises of the licensee by any bona fide customer or (ii) service of a limited amount of wine or beer by the licensee without charge to a bona fide customer attending a private studio instructional session.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-100, 4.1-206, 4.1-231, and 4.1-233 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; art instruction studio license.

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H.B. 1602 Child support; DSS to prorate payments on the basis of amounts due.

Patron: Watts

Proration of child support. Directs the Department of Social Services, upon receiving child support payments pursuant to one or more judicial or administrative orders, to prorate payments on the basis of amounts due for current support and, upon satisfaction of all amounts due for current support, prorate the remainder on the basis of amounts due for accrued arrearages. The bill directs the Department to allocate payments received pursuant to federal tax refund offset pursuant to subsection h of 45 C.F.R. 303.72.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1923, 63.2-1924, and 63.2-1954 of the Code of Virginia, relating to proration of child support.

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H.B. 1634 Farm winery; licensees allowed to manufacture wine containing 21% or less of alcohol by volume.

Patron: Bulova

Alcoholic beverage control; alcohol by volume. Allows farm winery licensees to manufacture wine containing 21 percent or less of alcohol by volume. Under current law, farm winery licensees may manufacture wine containing 18 percent or less of alcohol by volume. The bill also defines a farm winery to include an accredited public or private institution of higher education provided that (i) no wine manufactured by the institution shall be sold, (ii) the wine manufactured by the institution shall be used solely for research and educational purposes, (iii) the wine manufactured by the institution shall be stored on the premises of such farm winery that shall be separate and apart from all other facilities of the institution, and (iv) such farm winery is operated in strict conformance with these requirements and Board regulations.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-100 and 4.1-207 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; alcohol by volume.

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H.B. 1776 Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; created, report, eliminates ABC Board.

Patron: Albo

Alcoholic beverage control. Eliminates the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) and replaces it with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, created by the bill. The bill provides for the appointment of the Board of Directors of the Authority by the Governor and confirmed by the General Assembly, and the appointment by the Board of Directors of a Chief Executive Officer of the Authority and sets eligibility requirements for appointment, including background checks. Among other things, the bill also (i) provides for the transfer of current ABC employees to the Authority, (ii) continues such employees' participation in the state health plan and VRS, and (iii) sets out the powers and duties of the Authority and the Chief Executive Officer. The bill contains numerous technical amendments. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.

 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 1-404, 2.2-221, 2.2-507, 2.2-509.1, 2.2-1119, 2.2-2696, 2.2-2818, 2.2-2905, 2.2-3705.3, 2.2-3705.7, 2.2-3711, 2.2-3802, 2.2-4024, 2.2-4345, 3.2-1010, 4.1-100, 4.1-101, 4.1-103, 4.1-103.1, 4.1-119, 4.1-121, 4.1-124, 4.1-128, 4.1-209.1, 4.1-212.1, 4.1-325, 9.1-101, 9.1-102, 9.1-400, 9.1-500, 9.1-801, 15.2-2288.3, 15.2-2288.3:1, 18.2-57, 18.2-246.6, 18.2-308, 18.2-308.03, 18.2-308.012, 18.2-371.2, 19.2-81, 19.2-386.21, 19.2-389, 22.1-206, 23-7.4:1, 32.1-357, 33.2-613, 48-17.1, 51.1-212, 58.1-3, 58.1-3651, 59.1-148.3, 65.2-402, and 65.2-402.1 of the Code of Virginia; to amend and reenact the fourth enactments of Chapters 870 and 932 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 4.1-101.01 through 4.1-101.011; and to repeal § 4.1-102 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority Act of 2015.

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H.B. 1796 Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government store by distiller licensee.

Patron: Knight

Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government store by distiller licensee. Allows the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to appoint a distiller licensee or its officers and employees as agents of the Board for the sale of spirits, manufactured by or for, or blended by such licensee on the licensed premises, at government stores established by the Board on the distiller's licensed premises.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-119 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; operation of government store by distiller licensee.

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H.B. 1847 Public assistance; eligibility determinations.

Patron: Helsel

Public assistance; eligibility determinations. Allows the Commissioner of Social Services, when necessary to overcome backlogs in the application and renewal process, to temporarily employ other entities to receive and process applications for public assistance, conduct periodic eligibility renewals, and perform other tasks associated with eligibility determinations. Such entities shall be subject to the same confidentiality requirements as local departments of social services and applications and renewals processed by such entities shall be subject to the same appeals and process as those processed by local departments. The bill also directs local departments of social services and the Commissioner to perform certain tasks related to eligibility determinations that are currently delegated to local boards of social services.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-501, 63.2-503, and 63.2-504 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public assistance; eligibility determinations.

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H.B. 1908 Alcoholic beverage control; adds powdered or crystalline alcohol, penalty.

Patron: Lopez

Alcoholic beverage control; powdered or crystalline alcohol; penalty. Adds powdered or crystalline alcohol to the definition of alcoholic beverages, prohibits containers sold in or shipped into the Commonwealth from including powdered or crystalline alcohol, and creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for anyone who purchases, possesses, offers for sale or use, or sells or uses a powdered or crystalline alcoholic product.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-100 and 4.1-103 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4.1-302.2, relating to alcoholic beverage control; powdered or crystalline alcohol; penalty.

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H.B. 1958 DOC, Board and Director of; prohibiting inmate possession of obscene materials, powers and duties.

Patron: Landes

Board and Director of Department of Corrections; prohibiting inmate possession of obscene materials. Requires the Board of Corrections to promulgate and the Director and Department of Corrections to enforce regulatory policies prohibiting the possession of obscene materials by prisoners incarcerated in state correctional facilities.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 53.1-5 and 53.1-10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers and duties of the Board and Director of the Department of Corrections; prohibiting inmate possession of obscene materials.

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H.B. 2083 Community policy and management teams; policies governing referrals and reviews.

Patron: Peace

Community policy and management teams. Directs community policy and management teams to establish as part of their policies governing referrals and reviews of children and families to the family assessment and planning teams or a collaborative, multidisciplinary team process approved by the State Executive Council for Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families a process for parents and persons who have primary physical custody of a child to refer children in their care to the teams or their designees.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-5206 of the Code of Virginia, relating to community policy and management teams.

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H.B. 2119 Alcoholic beverage control; improvement of customer service.

Patron: Knight

Alcoholic beverage control; customer service. Amends numerous sections in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to better meet customer expectations and improve agency customer service, including provisions that promote the use of electronic communication, facilitate electronic purchases and optional storage of electronic payment information, offer incentives to licensees, provide multiyear license options, and promote the collection and maintenance of accurate contact information for communications with licensees, with some limitations. The bill also removes provisions in current law that allow winery and farm winery licensees to sell cider to retail licensees approved by the Board for the purpose of selling cider.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-101.1, 4.1-111, 4.1-203, 4.1-206, 4.1-207, 4.1-208, 4.1-209, 4.1-210, 4.1-213, 4.1-230, 4.1-231, 4.1-232, 4.1-240, and 4.1-326 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; customer service.

15104244D

H.B. 2141 Community policy and management teams; information sharing.

Patron: Murphy

Community policy and management teams; information sharing. Changes the term "community management and planning team" to the term "community policy and management team" (CPMT) in a section of the Code of Virginia relating to information sharing and confidentiality of information in cases being reviewed by a CPMT or family assessment and planning team, to be consistent with terminology used throughout the Code.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-5210 of the Code of Virginia, relating to community policy and management teams; information sharing.

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