JANUARY 20 – JANUARY 24, 2020

The Avoli Report

WEEKLY NEWS AND UPDATES

The third week of the 2020 Session has concluded, and I wanted to take a moment to update you on the latest news from Richmond.

This Monday, January 20th, an unprecedented gathering of 22,000 gun rights activists assembled to protest the infringement of our 2nd Amendment rights, as well as to lobby against gun control measures introduced in the House and Senate.

Despite rhetoric to the contrary, Monday’s demonstrators proved that gun owners are responsible and respectful, even taking care to clean up the area at the end of their event.

As always, I invite you to visit anytime you’d like. My office is in room W437 of the Pocahontas Building. I ask that you call my Legislative Aide, Travis Smiley, at (804) 698-1120 to make sure I’m in the office. I look to forward to seeing you all.

AID TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

This week I spoke to the House Appropriations Committee in defense of my budget amendment to HB30. My amendment calls for the state to allocate additional money from the General Fund to localities with police departments. Recruiting, training, and retaining skilled police officers is a crucial function of law enforcement, and my budget amendment simply asks the state to live up to the agreement it made to aid localities with funding. Localities do a great job supporting police departments, and additional funding from the state level will help ensure our men and women in blue can continue their great work upholding the laws of our Commonwealth. You can watch my brief testimony here.

LEGISLATION

HB1590: Local regulation of air cannons. Allows localities to require a special exception or special use permit for the use of certain devices, including air cannons, carbide cannons, or other loud explosive devices that are designed to produce high-intensity sound percussions for the purpose of repelling birds.
*Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities, and Towns- Subcommittee on Land Use

I added my name as a Co-Patron to the following Bills and Resolutions:

HB227: Abortion; born alive human infant; treatment and care; penalty. (Freitas R-30)

HB230: Individual and corporate income tax credit; employers of National Guard members and self-employed National Guard members. (Freitas R-30)

HB233: Teacher compensation; at or above national average. (Mugler D-91)

HB361: Family caregiver tax credit. (Rasoul D-11)

HB438: Workers’ compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. (Heretick D-79)

HB930: Professions and occupations; expediting the issuance of credentials to spouses of military service members and veterans. (Coyner R-62)

HB1718: Virginia National Guard; state active duty for emergency response; pay and allowances for members. (Freitas R-30)

HJ162: Commending the Division of Capitol Police. (LaRock R-33)

SB446: Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle owned by a veteran who is disabled. (Senator Reeves R-17)

SB456: Income tax; subtraction for low-income military veterans with a permanent service-connected disability. (Senator Reeves R-17)

SB457: Individual and corporate income tax credit; employers of National Guard members and self-employed National Guard members. (Senator Reeves R-17)

SB460: Individual and corporate income tax credit; employers of military spouses. (Senator Reeves R-17)

SB461: Veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces; teachers; credit for service.
(Senator Reeves R-17)

SB462: Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; children of active duty service members or veterans. (Senator Reeves R-17)

SB499: Veterans Treatment Court Program. (Senator Reeves R-17)

SB500: Tax credit for teaching material expenses (Senator Reeves R-17)

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Follow along with bills I heard and voted on in committee by clicking the links below:

• January 20. 2020
• January 22, 2020

Follow along with bills I heard and voted on in Pre-K – 12 subcommittee by clicking the links below:

• January 20, 2020
• January 22, 2020

HEALTH, WELFARE & INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE

Follow along with bills I heard and voted on in committee by clicking the links below:

• January 21. 2020

Follow along with bills I heard and voted on in Social Services subcommittee by clicking the links below:

• January 23, 2020

FRIENDS FROM HOME

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