The 2012 Virginia General Assembly
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Virginia Lawyers Weekly will bring you the latest news you need from the 2012 General Assembly session. Bookmark this page as your go-to reference guide for the issues impacting law practice and up-to-the-minute news. FEATURED STORY: 2012 General Assembly adjourns, March 21 budget session ahead
Legislators will reconvene March 21 for a two-day session designed to deal with the budget for the next two years. Judicial elections were delayed until that session; the number of positions to be filled depends upon how much money is available. Among the measures that passed this session, there were bills that —Require every woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an abdominal ultrasound. —Repeal of the one-handgun-a-month law. —Allow private child placement agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral convictions, including opposition to homosexuality. —Require voters who fail to show identification at the polls to cast a provision ballot that will be counted only if they return the next day with the needed ID. —Provide a tax credit for contributions to scholarships for private-school students. —Add coaches and volunteers for private sports organizations and employees and volunteers for camps, youth centers and youth recreation programs to the list of persons required to report suspected child abuse to state authorities. —Reduce from 72 hours to 24 hours the time limit for “mandatory reporters” to report suspected child abuse to state authorities. —A constitutional amendment subject to voter approval that would prohibit government from taking private property for private economic development projects. —Impose a mandatory life sentence for an adult convicted of sexually assaulting a child under age 13. —Prohibit the public and media from attending electoral board meetings held the day after an election to count provisional ballots. —Require an ignition interlock device on the vehicle of anyone driving on a restricted license because of a first drunken driving conviction. |
The 2012 General Assembly adjourned on Saturday with the legislature unable to pass a state budget.