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Key outcomes included: HB 24-85, a bill to establish an adult retail cannabis market administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority and to levy an 8 percent sales tax on cannabis products, reported out of the subcommittee by a 5-3 vote. HB 18-94, a substitute bill addressing extreme temperatures in Virginia prison cells and requiring interior cell temperature testing and improved monitoring, was reported with substitute language by a 5-3 roll call. HB 19-82 was laid on the table by a recorded vote of 8-0 after the sponsor moved to do so to continue negotiations for next year.

Other committee actions recorded in the transcript (motions, amendments where noted, and roll-call tallies) include: HB 17-36 to establish the Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention (reported 4-3); HB 17-37 to codify the Virginia Veterans Network (reported 8-0); HB 17-38 amended to clarify cause and manner of death reporting and autopsy requests for a veterans suicide prevention program (reported as amended 8-0); HB 19-63 building on the Virginia military community infrastructure grant program (reported 8-0); HB 20-33 requiring training on recognizing and reporting suspected human trafficking for ABC-licensed servers and clerks (reported 8-0); HB 20-39 directing DCJS to establish a model policy for law-enforcement use of encrypted telecommunications (reported 8-0); HB 24-67 expanding local regional jail board authority to match DOC ombudsman authority (reported 5-3); HB 18-69 closing a dating-partner loophole in firearm-purchase prohibitions (reported 5-3); HB 25-94 establishing best practices for security at houses of worship (reported 7-1); and HB 26-47 restricting the use of isolated confinement with standards for out-of-cell time and programming (reported 5-3).

Where the transcript recorded sponsor remarks or amendments, those details are summarized above. Many bills were moved, seconded and reported with roll-call tallies announced by the clerk; the transcript does not provide a full name-by-name vote record for each roll call in the excerpt provided.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025 2:33 PM - 2:58 PM","oneSentenceSummary","The subcommittee acted on a range of bills: HB 24-85 (adult retail cannabis market) and HB 18-94 (prison temperature standards) were reported, HB 19-82 was laid on the table, and other bills on veterans services, training and jail oversight were reported or amended with recorded roll-call tallies.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature VA, Virginia","taxId",77687,"location","Virginia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6362695,"Committee advances bill to expand Virginia Parole Board amid geriatric parole concerns",62,242000,304000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2167418-50083d154b9f56af19955e0ff0469f5a&start=242&end=304","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2167418-50083d154b9f56af19955e0ff0469f5a/thumbnail_242000.jpg","/articles/6362695/Virginia/Committee-advances-bill-to-expand-Virginia-Parole-Board-amid-geriatric-parole-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6362695-f2bc9bf6b72397badd5f38dc0037a42e/orig.mp4?Expires=1773768101&Signature=cfnl61HB8QdwGIx-qKD-p4PMeidnezRRV9oJgRco0YoFvD3Sve8WXPtiOTBXAp7p88TwpX8XAJWoPaeizftMmN1bicltsyircsBIZ1Wi9JzNoWO4Lr0rmwf7K3ArOqRbYBZXdMG9vcaN6qKMkd-tMSLc3NWA64daaju-GErYzEQH6dkI1XKHGs6w1~v71ZC4Lgyh78O~HOTE0IYBWemZfdNDcUHopPq5cEWri5lbsugFE3lKRDRsMgGXBp5bMgULCh~ne1yEPI6d4xdzA3Yo05GkplF3iCqC4dcfepjPYPgAs1oggHVdGBa0etBrYAlym-y-ByLR1lKTnudR1L8A1g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A House subcommittee on the Virginia General Assembly on an undisclosed date reported House Bill 15-89 as amended to increase the Parole Board’s membership, a sponsor said, to prepare for a rise in geriatric parole cases.

Sponsor Delegate Delia Williams said the bill would increase the number of parole board members from five to 10 and asked the committee to report the bill forward with funding to cover the additional members. \"This would, increase the number of parole board members from 5 to 10 members,\" Williams said. \"This is anticipation of the number of, people that we have incarcerated who are about to go on geriatric parole.\" She added she was willing to reduce the membership increase to five if necessary so the bill would not fail, saying \"I would be willing to not have this bill die by allowing this bill to have 5 members instead of the 10 members because the rest of the language is strong and fixes several small things that the parole board wishes to fix.\"

Committee members adopted an amendment during the session; the clerk recorded the bill as passing the subcommittee as amended by a vote of 8 to 0. The amendment and discussion included changes to effective dates noted in committee remarks (committee members referenced effective dates of 2026 and 2027 during discussion). The committee chair opened the roll and announced, \"The bill passes as amended 8 to 0.\"

Committee remarks show staff and members discussed the amendment and effective dates, but the transcript does not specify the full amendment text or the precise funding mechanism beyond the sponsor’s request that the body \"fund that difference.\" The clerk and chair handled procedural motions and roll call; no individual vote-by-name was recorded in the transcript excerpt.

The bill will move forward in the legislative process as reported by the subcommittee; the transcript does not state subsequent committee assignments or final enactment dates.","A House subcommittee reported HB 15-89 as amended to increase Parole Board membership and require funding; sponsor said the change responds to an anticipated rise in geriatric parole cases.","actionData","errors"]

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Subcommittee reports, amends, or lays on table a slate of bills including cannabis tax, prison temperature standards and solitary confinement limits

Committee advances bill to expand Virginia Parole Board amid geriatric parole concerns