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The Virginia General Assembly on Thursday approved a comprehensive state-level Voting Rights Act by a 21-18 vote in the state senate. [read post]
26 Feb 2021, 2:00 am by Billy B. Ruhling, II, DiMuroGinsberg PC
The change builds upon a series of bills passed in the Virginia General Assembly in 2020 authorizing the AG to investigate discrimination in local police departments and enhancing the agency’s ability to protect LGBTQ rights and root out gender-based discrimination. [read post]
26 Feb 2021, 2:00 am by Billy B. Ruhling, II, DiMuroGinsberg PC
The change builds upon a series of bills passed in the Virginia General Assembly in 2020 authorizing the AG to investigate discrimination in local police departments and enhancing the agency’s ability to protect LGBTQ rights and root out gender-based discrimination. [read post]
On February 12, 2021, the Maryland General Assembly voted to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of House Bill 732, which carried over from the close of last year’s legislative session and enacts the nation’s first gross receipts tax on digital advertising targeted at Maryland consumers. [read post]
As per § 30-19 of the Code of Virginia, which provides for the procedure to amend the Constitution, the amendment shall now have to win a majority in next year’s General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates and shall require the people to approve and ratify it by the majority of the electors, to finally become a part of the Virginia Constitution. [read post]
19 Feb 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Trump appointees cycled in and out of leadership roles, hiring unqualified friends, and producing substandard inquiries of senior leaders’ misconduct, the VA’s inspector general found. [read post]
17 Feb 2021, 8:12 am by Kevin Kaufman
This effectively creates a fifth individual income tax bracket, with revenue generated from the surcharge dedicated to education rather than the general fund. [read post]
Having passed both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the proposed Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) may become the second comprehensive consumer privacy bill to be enacted in the United States. [read post]
15 Feb 2021, 8:48 am by Christopher G. Hill
Each year here at Musings, I try and highlight some key construction industry-related bills that are winding their way through the Virginia General Assembly. [read post]
13 Feb 2021, 10:52 am by admin
In 2020, the General Assembly updated the law to simplify everything. [read post]
11 Feb 2021, 6:15 am by Kyle Dull and Kyle R. Fath
The governor can (1) sign the bill into law, (2) amend the bill and return it to the General Assembly for approval, (3) veto the bill, or (4) take no further action and let the bill automatically become law without his signature. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 9:02 pm by Austin Sarat
Last week, both houses of the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation abolishing that state’s death penalty. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 10:10 am by Libbie Canter and Kayvan Farchadi
Northam takes no action, the reconciled bill would become law within seven days or, if there are fewer than seven days remaining in the General Assembly session, or if the General Assembly has adjourned, within thirty days. [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 11:58 am by Brianna Rummer
Ralph Northam said the Virginia General Assembly will return to work on February 10. [read post]
3 Feb 2021, 5:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Instead, Assembly bill 4721 retroactively restored the surtax to 2.5 percent for tax years 2020 through 2023. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Inspector General Will Investigate Whether Any Justice Dept. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), which treated discrimination against different-race couples as race discrimination, scholars and litigators for decades have maintained that discrimination against same-sex couples is sex discrimination. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
The Republican Attorneys General Association was involved, as were the activist groups Turning Point Action and Tea Party Patriots. [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 10:43 am by Daniel J. Hemel
A number of state lawmakers attended the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally at the Capitol, including members of the Arizona, Virginia and West Virginia state legislatures. [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 10:43 am by Gerard Magliocca
Extracting a general principle from these few examples, though. is difficult. [read post]