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Senator Hanger's bill to repeal the restaurant ban, SB  1035, WITH the House amendment (thanks to Delegate Griffith) that REMOVES the requirement to notify the ABC manager has just passed the Senate!!!

The improved bill, which already passed the House, now heads to the Governor's desk.

Please DO NOT contact Senator Hanger to thank him - I have already done that for all of you.  There are so many of you out there, Senator Hanger's aide didn't want her email box to blow up. ;-)

Action item on this will follow in a day or two.

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On the bad side, Delegate Cole's gun buy-up bill was gutted by an amendment by Senator Stolle.  Unfortunately, that version passed the Senate.

Now we want the House will reject that amendment and insist on its version and send the bill to conference committee.

I am working this issue right now.

There might be an urgent action item on this, but I'm not sure yet.  Please keep an eye on your emails this afternoon.

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The Senate has REJECTED the House's attempt to REMOVE the Senate's weakening language from the two "teeth in preemption" bills (Delegate Carrico's HB 1655 and Senator Smith's SB 1513).

Both bills will now head to conference committee to come to a solution.

I will advise as we watch the bills' progress.

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Good news:  Delegate Lingamfelter's bill HB 1851, which exempts active duty military from Virginia's one handgun a month law, has passed both the House and the Senate and now heads to the Governor's desk!