THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, February 14, 1996 TAG: 9602140438
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A9 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: General Assembly
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: Short : 48 lines
Delegates voted 82-17 to require store clerks to ask for photo IDs before selling cigarettes to people who look under 18.
House of Delegates members voted 93-7 and followed the Senate in approving a package to reform the juvenile justice system. The slight differences between the two versions will be addressed in conference.
Delegates voted 93-6 to deny bail to previously convicted violent offenders charged with a subsequent violent act or selling drugs. Portsmouth delegate William S. Moore sponsored the bill.
Senators voted 32-8 to mandate a 10-day jail sentence for juveniles who assault teachers or correctional officers.
The Senate, 21-19, required courts considering child custody cases start with a presumption of joint custody between parents.
Delegates on a voice vote killed limits on campaign contributions.
The Senate, by a vote of 21-19, kept open the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind in Hampton. Supporters wanted to merge the school with another in Staunton.
Sen. Kenneth W. Stolle, R-Virginia Beach, withdrew a bill designed to help the city of Virginia Beach acquire part of Camp Pendleton. Stolle said he feared that members of the House would amend the bill in some way that would slow construction of the Lake Gaston pipeline. He said he can accomplish the bill's goals some other way.
The Senate voted 23-17 to designate English the official language of the commonwealth.
A bill allowing the Virginia Department of Transportation to consider raising the speed limit to 70 mph on some rural stretches of four-lane highways died 35-64 in the House of Delegates. A task force for studying speed limits cleared the Senate.
Doctors would not be barred from telling patients about all treatment options - including those not covered by managed care plans - under a bill that passed the House, 99-1.
A Hampton Roads authority that would have the right to condemn land and sell bonds for a basketball or hockey arena passed the House.
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