A Few Interesting New Virginia Bills Cover Gender-Neutral Terms, "Bawdy Places," Limits on Fossil
A Few Interesting New Virginia Bills Cover Gender-Neutral Terms, Bawdy Places, Limits on Fossil Fuel Facilities, Ultrasounds, Disposable Bags, Shooting Nuisance Species from an Automobile
Since my last update on November 27, there have been a bunch of bills pre-filed for the 2019 Virginia General Assembly session that starts on January 9, 2019. See below for a few that caught my eye (and see here for all the bills introduced so far).
First, heres a bill by Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church) to ditch terms like husband and wife in the Virginia Code and to replace them with gender-neutral terms; to repeal the statutory prohibition on same-sex marriages and civil unions and to make applicable to all persons regardless of gender certain crimes, such as placing or leaving ones wife in a bawdy place and defaming the chaste character of a female. Im really curious whats considered a bawdy place nowadays, and how defaming the chaste character is defined. Cant wait to hear this one debated in committee next year! Haha.
Excellent bill by Sen. David Marsden (D-Fairfax County), allowing DACA individuals to establish domicile and receive in-state tuition charges at any public institution of higher education in Virginia.
Not 100% sure what to make of this bill by Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun County), but it appears promising
no more fossil fuel facilities after July 1, 2019, before first approving the construction and placing in service of renewable energy generation facilities having in the aggregate a rated capacity of 5,500 megawatts. Personally, Id like to see a mandatory, 100% clean energy RPS in Virginia, with the target date as soon as possible. But I guess for now, until Democrats take control of the General Assembly, this might be at least move us forward towards where we need to be
Read more:
https://bluevirginia.us/2018/12/a-few-interesting-new-virginia-bills-cover-gender-neutral-terms-bawdy-places-limits-on-fossil-fuel-facilities-ultrasounds-disposable-bags-shooting-nuisance-species-from-an-automobile