Virginia Senate panel debates major failure-to-appear overhaul, backs protections for social‑services workers and a donor‑rights measure A Senate committee spent the morning weighing a broad rewrite of failure-to-appear penalties and considered bills to criminalize in-person threats to social‑services employees, create donor remedies for diverted charitable gifts, and study legal 'deserts.' Several bills were reported, others carried over for further drafting.

Virginia’s Senate committee faces heated debates on overhauling failure-to-appear laws, protections for social services workers, and more—what's at stake?

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