Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 4, 1991 TAG: 9102040300
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-6 EDITION: EVENING
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Education: The House of Delegates by voice vote killed a bill allowing financially strapped localities to relax education standards with approval of the state Board of Education.
Abortion: A bill to require a minor to tell a parent or a judge before getting an abortion died in the House Courts of Justice Committee on a 10-10 vote.
School construction: The House voted 57-43 to pass a bill allowing the sale of bonds backed by the Literary Fund to finance about $162 million in school construction.
Early retirement: The House voted 97-1 to pass a bill establishing an early retirement program for state employees.
RF&P stock: The House voted 84-15 to pass a bill allowing the state to pass control of its RF&P Corp. stock to the state pension fund.
Gun ban: The House voted 98-1 to pass a bill prohibiting until Feb. 1, 1992, leases which ban guns in public housing.
Tow trucks: The House voted 49-44 to pass a bill requiring tow-truck operators to accept personal checks or credit cards when a parking violator retrieves his impounded vehicle.
Beer kegs: The House voted 56-43 to send back to committee a bill requiring registration of beer kegs, thus killing the bill for this session.
Smoking: The House voted 87-13 to pass a bill exempting unenclosed elevators from the no-smoking requirements in the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act.
Dealer tags: The House gave preliminary approval to a bill limiting car dealers who sell fewer than 50 cars a year to four dealer tags.
Surrogate mothers: The House and Senate Courts of Justice committees approved bills that would regulate surrogate motherhood contracts although the House version would not take effect until 1993.
Child abuse: The Senate Courts of Justice Committee approved 9-1 a bill to extend the statute of limitations for child abuse victims to file lawsuits against the abuser.
Assault weapons: The Senate Courts of Justice Committee approved 11-2 a bill to ban the carrying of certain assault weapons on the streets of Richmond, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
Summer camps: The Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted 11-4 for a bill to require criminal background checks of operators and employees of summer camps. z Criminal checks: The Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted 10-4 to
add Virginia Beach and Richmond to the school divisions that may get state police criminal background checks of school employees.
Child porn: The Senate Courts of Justice Committee unanimously approved a bill that makes it a crime to possess child pornography.
by CNB