Youngkin’s proposal comes in the form of an amendment to a bill, which will be returned to the General Assembly for consideration on April 27, when lawmakers will consider the governor’s vetoes and amendments before midnight on Monday. The first-year governor also announced the signing of more than 700 bills on Monday. Virginia last year legalized possession of small amounts of adult marijuana. Up to an ounce is legal. Anyone caught with between one ounce and a pound – 16 ounces – of marijuana is subject to a $ 25 civil penalty. And people with more than a kilo face a criminal charge. The Joint State Audit and Review Committee recommended in June that Virginia pursue other states that have legalized small quantities of marijuana but still retain criminal charges for those with gradually larger quantities.

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However, some civil rights activists have opposed the creation of new marijuana-related crimes. The legislator has not taken any action on the matter. Youngkin amended a bill funded by Senator Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, that requires government officials to enact regulations banning the production and sale of marijuana products that depict or have the shape of a human, animal , vehicle or fruit. Youngkin is also amending the bill to set the minimum age at 21 for CBD products. The bill would also ban products containing Delta-8, a cannabis-derived product sold in stores and convenience stores that users say resembles marijuana. The legislature sent 841 bills to Youngkin during the 2022 regular session and offered amendments to 100 of them, although his office said many of the amendments were technical. Among the governor’s other amendments is one that adds further training on the use of face recognition technology by law enforcement. “I urge the General Assembly to adopt these changes and to enact them quickly so that all the people of the Commonwealth can benefit,” Youngkin said in a statement. Youngkin vetoed 25 bills, his office said. The General Assembly remains in an extraordinary session because the legislators could not reach an agreement on a new budget in the regular session and some legislations remain pending. When lawmakers meet later this month to consider amendments and vetoes issued by the governor on legislation passed at the regular session, which ended March 12, they can accept his amendments or reject them. But if they reject it, they risk Youngkin vetoing a bill altogether.

Legislation to improve guardianship and conservative adults, reforms stemming from a series of articles published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 2019. A bill designed to prevent law enforcement agencies from creating traffic ticket quotas for officers and MPs. A bill that prohibits anyone other than certain lawyers and certain members of the victims’s family from accessing any closed police investigation file in the state. A bill that abolishes the ban on fins. Legislation that removes power from environmental citizens’ advisory councils.

        A look at 10 bills signed by Governor Youngkin in recent days

Criminal records

HB 734 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal records. READ MORE HERE.

FOIA

HB 150 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies to publish minutes of meetings on its website. READ MORE HERE. BOB BROWN

Guardianship

HB 623 Guardianship and maintenance; duties of guardian ad litem, contents of report. READ MORE HERE GETTY IMAGES

Voting in the Release Board

HB 1303 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Voting by members of the Virginia Board of Directors. READ MORE HERE. BOB BROWN / TIMES-SHIPMENT

Quotas

SB 327 Arrest and call quotas. prohibition on setting formal or informal quotas. READ MORE HERE.

Sexual assault

HB 404 Sexually Assault Nurse & Medical Examiners. testimony by two-way video conference. READ MORE HERE.

Sunset supply

HB 654 GO Virginia Grants; extends the supply of sunset. READ MORE HERE. BOB BROWN BOB BROWN / RICHMOND TIMES-SHIPMENT

The planet of Richmond

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