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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chairman: Bryce E. Reeves

Clerk: Maryann Horch
Staff: David May, Sarah Stanton
Date of Meeting: February 23, 2018
Time and Place: 8:00 a.m. Senate Room A, Pocahontas

H.B. 83 Feminine hygiene products; no cost to female prisoners or inmates.

Patron: Kory

Feminine hygiene products; no cost to female prisoners or inmates. Directs the State Board of Corrections and the Director of the Department of Corrections to each adopt and implement a standard to ensure the provision of feminine hygiene products to female prisoners and inmates without charge.

A BILL to require the provision of feminine hygiene products at no cost to female prisoners or inmates.

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H.B. 136 Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage special events licenses for museums.

Patron: Levine

Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage special events licenses. Allows annual mixed beverage special events licenses to be issued to localities for use at special events conducted on the premises of a museum for historic interpretation that is owned and operated by the locality.

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

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H.B. 437 Adoption and foster care; barrier crimes, exception.

Patron: Herring

Adoption and foster care; barrier crimes; exception. Allows a child-placing agency to approve as an adoptive or foster parent an applicant convicted of any offense set forth in the definition of barrier crime in § 19.2-392.02 who has had his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority, provided that eight years have elapsed following the conviction and that the applicant (i) has complied with all obligations imposed by the criminal court, (ii) has completed a substance abuse treatment program, (iii) has completed a drug test administered by a laboratory or medical professional within 90 days prior to being approved, and such test returned with a negative result, and (iv) complies with any other obligations as determined by the Department of Social Services.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1721, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to adoption and foster care; barrier crimes; exception.

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H.B. 826 Alcoholic beverage control; increases general license application fee.

Patron: Knight

Alcoholic beverage control. Increases the alcoholic beverage general license application fee from $65 to $195. The bill also increases the application fee for mixed beverage special event licenses from $15 to $45 and increases the state tax on wine shipper's licenses, beer shipper's licenses, and wine and beer shipper's licenses from $95 to $230. The bill establishes that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for (i) any person to sell wine to retailers or consumers without paying the wine excise tax or (ii) any retailer to purchase, receive, transport, store, or sell any wine on which such retailer has reason to know such tax has not been paid and may not be paid. The bill provides for a civil penalty for (a) each manufacturer or wholesaler who fails to make any return and pay the full amount of the wine excise tax or (b) each manufacturer or wholesaler who makes a false or fraudulent return, where willful intent exists to defraud the Commonwealth of any excise tax due on each liter of wine. Current law provides for these criminal and civil penalties with regard to failure to pay the excise tax imposed on beer and wine coolers but not for failure to pay the excise tax on wine.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-230, 4.1-231, and 4.1-332 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control.

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H.B. 1280 Medical and other public assistance; eligibility, review of records of applicants.

Patron: LaRock

Application for public assistance; eligibility; review of records. Requires entities processing applications for medical assistance and other public assistance to conduct a review of death records and records relating to incarceration status, employment status, and income of the applicant to determine whether the applicant is eligible for assistance.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-325 and 63.2-503 of the Code of Virginia, relating to application for public assistance; eligibility; review of records.

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H.B. 1333 Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; established.

Patron: Brewer

Kinship Guardianship Assistance program. Creates the Kinship Guardianship Assistance program (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives and ensure permanency for children for whom adoption or being returned home are not appropriate permanency options. The bill sets forth eligibility criteria for the program, payment allowances to kinship guardians, and requirements for kinship guardianship assistance agreements. The bill also requires the Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations for the program.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-100 and 63.2-905 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 13 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-1305, relating to Kinship Guardianship Assistance program.

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H.B. 1418 Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act; created.

Patron: Tyler

Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act. Creates the Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act to establish procedural guarantees for correctional officers when allegations are made against such officers involving matters that may lead to their dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer for punitive reasons.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 9.1 a chapter numbered 5.1, consisting of sections numbered 9.1-508 through 9.1-512, relating to creation of Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act.

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H.B. 1541 Alcoholic beverage control; creates a new limited mixed beverage license for retail cigar shops.

Patron: Landes

Alcoholic beverage control; limited mixed beverage license for retail cigar shops. Creates a new limited mixed beverage license for retail cigar shops. The bill sets out the privileges of this new license, including a requirement that at least 60 percent of the licensee's annual gross revenue be from the sale of premium tobacco products. The bill also defines "cigar shop" and sets out the state and local license taxes for this license.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-100, 4.1-210, 4.1-231, and 4.1-233 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; limited mixed beverage license for retail cigar shops.

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H.B. 1602 Alcoholic beverage control; creates confectionery license.

Patron: Peace

Alcoholic beverage control; confectionery license. Creates a confectionery license, which authorizes the licensee to prepare and sell on the licensed premises for off-premises consumption confectionery that contains five percent or less alcohol by volume. The bill provides that any alcohol contained in such confectionery shall not be in liquid form at the time such confectionery is sold and requires the Board of Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill, which shall include a definition of the term “confectionery” and labeling requirements for such confectionery.

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

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