I oppose HB10. I have a concealed handgun permit and the small $10 fee to process the application is minor and appropriate. Service is not free and this small fee is better spent by the people applying for the permit rather than paying for the mailing/printing/background checks/clerical work through tax payer money. All things considered, the $10 is too low to cover all of the work done for these permits to exist.

I'm writing in protest of HB 25, in which anyone convicted of first offense of possession of child pornography will not be eligible to earn enhanced sentence credits. The bill is choosing to deny citizens an opportunity to demonstrate improved behavioral conduct, participating in assigned programs while incarcerated and receiving requisite enhanced sentence credits. Please do not pass this bill. Thank you.

I am Randy Carter, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Suffolk and representing the Virginia Court Clerks Association (VCCA). We are opposed to HB 10. We Clerks process all resident concealed weapons applications. We have seen a steady increase over the last several years of concealed weapons applications. There is a considerable amount of work goes into processing these applications which goes far beyond the $10 fee we receive. And as you are well aware we are under a statutory time deadline to complete the application process so we must track these matters to insure compliance with the time requirements. A number of Clerks have obtained and us equipment using Technology Trust Fund money that allows us to issue plastic cards rather than the paper ones. Removing the $10 Clerk’s fee converts the concealed weapons application into an unfunded mandate. Government should at every opportunity endeavor use reasonable fees to pay for the services we render and not just seek General Revenue funds to accomplish this Our fear is should this become an unfunded mandate there will be a move to make other services we provide such as marriage licenses, for example free. An applicant must pay the DMV to obtain a license or other registration documents. We acknowledge that this bill would also affect local law enforcement whether the police or the Sheriff who would have to do the check for free. It is our opinion that a maximum $50 is not excessive and is necessary to compensate us for the work we do to process these. We would respectfully ask that you vote against this measure. Thank you for your consideration and I would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. I may be reached at this email address or at 757-284-8333. Thank you, Randy Carter Clerk, Suffolk Circuit Court

Gambling is bad social policy; it is bad economic policy; and it is bad governmental policy. Moreover, it undermines the moral foundations of society and invites corruption in government. Gambling destroys families. Gambling is a major cause of family neglect. Many of the social costs associated with gambling come from its mindset. As people get caught up in a gambling frenzy, they begin to neglect their families. Money spent on lottery tickets or at horse tracks is frequently not risk capital but is income to meet family needs. In 1 Timothy 5:8, Paul says that a person who refuses to care for his family is worse than an infidel. Parents must provide for their children (2 Corinthians 12:14) and eat the bread of their labors (2 Thessalonians 3:12). When gambling is legalized it tempts people to neglect their God-mandated responsibility to care for their families, and these families often end up on welfare. Gambling destroys the work ethic. Colossians 3:23-24 says, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” And 2 Thessalonians 3:7,10 says, “For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. . . . For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: If a man will not work, he shall not eat.” Gambling breeds a form of covetousness. The Tenth Commandment admonishes us not to covet. Coveting, greed, and selfishness are the base emotions that entice us to gamble. We should be concerned about gambling if for no other reason than the effect it has on the weaker brother and how it will affect the compulsive gambler. State-sponsored gambling makes it harder for the compulsive gambler to reform. Legalized gambling becomes an institutionalized form of greed. Gambling is a form of state-sponsored greed. Romans 13 states that government is to be a minister of God. Government should provide order in society and promote public virtue. Legalized gambling undercuts government’s role and subverts the moral fabric of society through greed and selfishness promoted by a state-sponsored vice. The Twentieth Century Fund Research Group: “Gambling’s get-rich-quick appeal appears to mock capitalism’s core values: disciplined work habits, thrift, prudence, adherence to routine, and the relationship between effort and reward.” These core values of the work ethic are all part of the free enterprise system. Gambling corrupts these values and replaces them with greed and selfishness. Rather than depending upon hard work, gamblers depend instead upon luck and chance.

My family and I strongly support Constitutional Carry. The Constitutional Right to protect oneself should not be burdened by permit requirements and fees. Eliminate these permit requirements and fees!

HB10: Please remove all State and local government fees for obtaining a CHP. Provided a person is eligible to possess and/or carry a gun, there should be NO cost burden imposed by government, if they require a background check to exercise the Right, especially if it is to determine the Right to carry concealed, where there is NO government approval required to openly carry. This additional cost to exercise a Right is wrong. Sometimes the cost burden is another impediment to some citizens who could more benefit from concealed carry than others who can more readily absorb the cost. Avoid this whole question by passing Constitutional Carry, preserving CHPs for the excepted venues and latitudes. HB11: Remove all penalties for carrying a concealed handgun, provided a person is not otherwise precluded from carrying a handgun. Pass Constitutional Carry. HB204: Change from five days to three. HB325: How a person determines something -- including a firearm -- is "lost" may not be anywhere near how the Commonwealth's Attorney decides it was "lost". If you look for it for two weeks, and then decide it's "lost", report it, and the prosecutor decides it was lost two weeks ago -- when one may have started the 'due-diligence' search -- and then criminalize the reporting citizen, this is counterproductive and victimizing. With that peril, why would one then report it? HB399: Criminalize crime, not possession. HB590: Stop prescribing and micromanaging how one -- or a family -- keeps firearms. Encourage responsible possession and storage, and have investigations of responsibility determine liability and penalties. HB 1078: Exempt Gift transfers, and offer NO-cost background check options for those. That way, if someone prefers that surety for a Gift, they retain a no-cost option. Thank you for receiving my comments, and for your service to Virginians.

I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 10 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 11 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 204 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 325 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 399 I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 590 I STRONGLY SUPPORT MODIFIED BILL HB 1078 I STRONGLY SUPPORT BILL IF IT IS FIXED AND COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL LAW OTHERWISE I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 1306

Delegates, HB 10, Delegate Anderson, removes all fees for a person to get a concealed handgun permit (CHP). It’s bad enough that gun owners need a permit to exercise their right to self-defense using a concealed handgun, they certainly shouldn’t have to pay a fee to do so. The fee is similar to a “poll tax" and I think it should be eliminated. I support this bill. HB 11, Delegate Anderson, reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered “concealed.” The second offense is raised to a Class 2 misdemeanor, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. I support this bill. HB 204, Delegate Wachsmann, changes the number of days that the state can delay a firearm transfer from five days to three days, matching federal law. I support this bill. HB 325, Delegate Freitas, repeals the requirement that a person who has their gun stolen must report it within 48 hours after the person discovers the loss. This law is unenforceable, as how does the Commonwealth know when a person discovered their gun missing, if they realized it at all? HB 399, Delegate Simon, makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. This bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. It is also unconstitutional. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 590, Delegate VanVaulkenburg, requires a gun owner in a house where there is a person under 18 to either have a firearm under their immediate control or to store the firearm unloaded in a locked container and the ammunition in a separate locked container. This would make it illegal for someone to have a loaded firearm in a locked container, such as a biometric safe, for use in case of emergency. Also, this is a one-size-fits-all, not recognizing the difference in maturity levels children can have. Children under the age of 18 have used firearms to stop violent home invasions or other serious crimes taking place in their home. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 929, Delegate Batten, exempts holders of a federal “curios and relics” license from a background check when purchasing a firearm. I support this bill. HB 1078, Delegate Cordoza, clarifies that a transfer, but not a sale, between family members does not require a background check. I believe this should be expanded to not punish any transfer of personal property. HB 1306, Delegate Simon, updates the current law to add possession or sale of a firearm which has had its serial number removed or obliterated a crime. As written I oppose this bill. There are some changes that could be made that would be acceptable.

HB10 - I strongly agree with this as getting rid of CHP fees rectifies a violation to our constitutional rights, a fee on carrying a firearm is equivalent to a poll tax and should be immediately removed HB11 - I strongly agree with this as someone should have the opportunity to at least complete their CHP while they have a charge and people should not be going to jail in general for carrying a firearm in otherwise permitted places as it puts a further strain to our prison system and makes bad people out of nonviolent or ignorant people HB325 - I strongly agree with this bill as this rectifies the issue of punishing the victim (aka the person who had their firearm stolen) by removing the civil penalty. Having a fine on top of having your property stolen is just not common sense HB399 - I strongly oppose this terrible bill, it is unconstitutional as creating your own firearm has been protected since the beginning of America's existence. This bill will created felons out of ordinary people overnight. This will also not stop the manufacturing of firearms as material like polymer is available everywhere and will become even more accessible with the availability of 3D printers HB590 - I oppose this bill as safe storage laws are just another impediment for defending your own residence. The proper solution is to leave the discretion up to parents and to educate children to proper firearm safety and to always assume a gun is loaded HB1078 - I support this bill as it gets rid of unenforceable language in Virginia law HB1130 - I oppose this bill on the principle that all citizens should be treated the same HB1306 - I strongly oppose this bill for the reason that it will make lawful citizens illegal overnight and will not be followed by criminals anyway

Dear Delegates, I support all bills that remove restrictions on firearms and oppose all bills that add restrictions to firearms. Anti-gun bills serve only to disarm innocent, law-abiding citizens. They make it easier for real criminals to do harm. Why is this so hard to see? It's obvious. I illustrate why we must protect the rights of gun owners in a song a wrote called Good Folks. You can listen to it and watch the music video here: https://carlahowell.com/product/good-folks/ Thank you for hearing my concerns. Respectfully yours, Carla Howell

I'm a volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and I oppose these bills.

HB10: Please remove all State and local government fees for obtaining a CHP. Provided a person is eligible to possess and/or carry a gun, there should be NO cost burden imposed by government, if they require a background check to exercise the Right, especially if it is to determine the Right to carry concealed, where there is NO government approval required to openly carry. This additional cost to exercise a Right is wrong. Sometimes the cost burden is another impediment to some citizens who could more benefit from concealed carry than others who can more readily absorb the cost. Avoid this whole question by passing Constitutional Carry, preserving CHPs for the excepted venues and latitudes. HB11: Remove all penalties for carrying a concealed handgun, provided a person is not otherwise precluded from carrying a handgun. Pass Constitutional Carry. HB204: Change from five days to three. HB325: How a person determines something -- including a firearm -- is "lost" may not be anywhere near how the Commonwealth's Attorney decides it was "lost". If you look for it for two weeks, and then decide it's "lost", report it, and the prosecutor decides it was lost two weeks ago -- when one may have started the 'due-diligence' search -- and then criminalize the reporting citizen, this is counterproductive and victimizing. With that peril, why would one then report it? HB399: Criminalize crime, not possession. HB590: Stop prescribing and micromanaging how one -- or a family -- keeps firearms. Encourage responsible possession and storage, and have investigations of responsibility determine liability and penalties. HB 1078: Exempt Gift transfers, and offer NO-cost background check options for those. That way, if someone prefers that surety for a Gift, they retain a no-cost option. Thank you for receiving my comments, and for your service to Virginians.

I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 10 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 11 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 204 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 325 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 399 I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 590 I STRONGLY SUPPORT MODIFIED BILL HB 1078 I STRONGLY SUPPORT BILL IF IT IS FIXED AND COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL LAW OTHERWISE I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 1306

Delegates, HB 10, Delegate Anderson, removes all fees for a person to get a concealed handgun permit (CHP). It’s bad enough that gun owners need a permit to exercise their right to self-defense using a concealed handgun, they certainly shouldn’t have to pay a fee to do so. The fee is similar to a “poll tax" and I think it should be eliminated. I support this bill. HB 11, Delegate Anderson, reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered “concealed.” The second offense is raised to a Class 2 misdemeanor, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. I support this bill. HB 204, Delegate Wachsmann, changes the number of days that the state can delay a firearm transfer from five days to three days, matching federal law. I support this bill. HB 325, Delegate Freitas, repeals the requirement that a person who has their gun stolen must report it within 48 hours after the person discovers the loss. This law is unenforceable, as how does the Commonwealth know when a person discovered their gun missing, if they realized it at all? HB 399, Delegate Simon, makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. This bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. It is also unconstitutional. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 590, Delegate VanVaulkenburg, requires a gun owner in a house where there is a person under 18 to either have a firearm under their immediate control or to store the firearm unloaded in a locked container and the ammunition in a separate locked container. This would make it illegal for someone to have a loaded firearm in a locked container, such as a biometric safe, for use in case of emergency. Also, this is a one-size-fits-all, not recognizing the difference in maturity levels children can have. Children under the age of 18 have used firearms to stop violent home invasions or other serious crimes taking place in their home. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 929, Delegate Batten, exempts holders of a federal “curios and relics” license from a background check when purchasing a firearm. I support this bill. HB 1078, Delegate Cordoza, clarifies that a transfer, but not a sale, between family members does not require a background check. I believe this should be expanded to not punish any transfer of personal property. HB 1306, Delegate Simon, updates the current law to add possession or sale of a firearm which has had its serial number removed or obliterated a crime. As written I oppose this bill. There are some changes that could be made that would be acceptable.

HB10 - I strongly agree with this as getting rid of CHP fees rectifies a violation to our constitutional rights, a fee on carrying a firearm is equivalent to a poll tax and should be immediately removed HB11 - I strongly agree with this as someone should have the opportunity to at least complete their CHP while they have a charge and people should not be going to jail in general for carrying a firearm in otherwise permitted places as it puts a further strain to our prison system and makes bad people out of nonviolent or ignorant people HB325 - I strongly agree with this bill as this rectifies the issue of punishing the victim (aka the person who had their firearm stolen) by removing the civil penalty. Having a fine on top of having your property stolen is just not common sense HB399 - I strongly oppose this terrible bill, it is unconstitutional as creating your own firearm has been protected since the beginning of America's existence. This bill will created felons out of ordinary people overnight. This will also not stop the manufacturing of firearms as material like polymer is available everywhere and will become even more accessible with the availability of 3D printers HB590 - I oppose this bill as safe storage laws are just another impediment for defending your own residence. The proper solution is to leave the discretion up to parents and to educate children to proper firearm safety and to always assume a gun is loaded HB1078 - I support this bill as it gets rid of unenforceable language in Virginia law HB1130 - I oppose this bill on the principle that all citizens should be treated the same HB1306 - I strongly oppose this bill for the reason that it will make lawful citizens illegal overnight and will not be followed by criminals anyway

Dear Delegates, I support all bills that remove restrictions on firearms and oppose all bills that add restrictions to firearms. Anti-gun bills serve only to disarm innocent, law-abiding citizens. They make it easier for real criminals to do harm. Why is this so hard to see? It's obvious. I illustrate why we must protect the rights of gun owners in a song a wrote called Good Folks. You can listen to it and watch the music video here: https://carlahowell.com/product/good-folks/ Thank you for hearing my concerns. Respectfully yours, Carla Howell

I'm a volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and I oppose these bills.

HB10: Please remove all State and local government fees for obtaining a CHP. Provided a person is eligible to possess and/or carry a gun, there should be NO cost burden imposed by government, if they require a background check to exercise the Right, especially if it is to determine the Right to carry concealed, where there is NO government approval required to openly carry. This additional cost to exercise a Right is wrong. Sometimes the cost burden is another impediment to some citizens who could more benefit from concealed carry than others who can more readily absorb the cost. Avoid this whole question by passing Constitutional Carry, preserving CHPs for the excepted venues and latitudes. HB11: Remove all penalties for carrying a concealed handgun, provided a person is not otherwise precluded from carrying a handgun. Pass Constitutional Carry. HB204: Change from five days to three. HB325: How a person determines something -- including a firearm -- is "lost" may not be anywhere near how the Commonwealth's Attorney decides it was "lost". If you look for it for two weeks, and then decide it's "lost", report it, and the prosecutor decides it was lost two weeks ago -- when one may have started the 'due-diligence' search -- and then criminalize the reporting citizen, this is counterproductive and victimizing. With that peril, why would one then report it? HB399: Criminalize crime, not possession. HB590: Stop prescribing and micromanaging how one -- or a family -- keeps firearms. Encourage responsible possession and storage, and have investigations of responsibility determine liability and penalties. HB 1078: Exempt Gift transfers, and offer NO-cost background check options for those. That way, if someone prefers that surety for a Gift, they retain a no-cost option. Thank you for receiving my comments, and for your service to Virginians.

I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 10 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 11 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 204 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 325 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 399 I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 590 I STRONGLY SUPPORT MODIFIED BILL HB 1078 I STRONGLY SUPPORT BILL IF IT IS FIXED AND COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL LAW OTHERWISE I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 1306

Delegates, HB 10, Delegate Anderson, removes all fees for a person to get a concealed handgun permit (CHP). It’s bad enough that gun owners need a permit to exercise their right to self-defense using a concealed handgun, they certainly shouldn’t have to pay a fee to do so. The fee is similar to a “poll tax" and I think it should be eliminated. I support this bill. HB 11, Delegate Anderson, reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered “concealed.” The second offense is raised to a Class 2 misdemeanor, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. I support this bill. HB 204, Delegate Wachsmann, changes the number of days that the state can delay a firearm transfer from five days to three days, matching federal law. I support this bill. HB 325, Delegate Freitas, repeals the requirement that a person who has their gun stolen must report it within 48 hours after the person discovers the loss. This law is unenforceable, as how does the Commonwealth know when a person discovered their gun missing, if they realized it at all? HB 399, Delegate Simon, makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. This bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. It is also unconstitutional. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 590, Delegate VanVaulkenburg, requires a gun owner in a house where there is a person under 18 to either have a firearm under their immediate control or to store the firearm unloaded in a locked container and the ammunition in a separate locked container. This would make it illegal for someone to have a loaded firearm in a locked container, such as a biometric safe, for use in case of emergency. Also, this is a one-size-fits-all, not recognizing the difference in maturity levels children can have. Children under the age of 18 have used firearms to stop violent home invasions or other serious crimes taking place in their home. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 929, Delegate Batten, exempts holders of a federal “curios and relics” license from a background check when purchasing a firearm. I support this bill. HB 1078, Delegate Cordoza, clarifies that a transfer, but not a sale, between family members does not require a background check. I believe this should be expanded to not punish any transfer of personal property. HB 1306, Delegate Simon, updates the current law to add possession or sale of a firearm which has had its serial number removed or obliterated a crime. As written I oppose this bill. There are some changes that could be made that would be acceptable.

Dear Delegates, I support all bills that remove restrictions on firearms and oppose all bills that add restrictions to firearms. Anti-gun bills serve only to disarm innocent, law-abiding citizens. They make it easier for real criminals to do harm. Why is this so hard to see? It's obvious. I illustrate why we must protect the rights of gun owners in a song a wrote called Good Folks. You can listen to it and watch the music video here: https://carlahowell.com/product/good-folks/ Thank you for hearing my concerns. Respectfully yours, Carla Howell

I'm a volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and I oppose these bills.

HB10: Please remove all State and local government fees for obtaining a CHP. Provided a person is eligible to possess and/or carry a gun, there should be NO cost burden imposed by government, if they require a background check to exercise the Right, especially if it is to determine the Right to carry concealed, where there is NO government approval required to openly carry. This additional cost to exercise a Right is wrong. Sometimes the cost burden is another impediment to some citizens who could more benefit from concealed carry than others who can more readily absorb the cost. Avoid this whole question by passing Constitutional Carry, preserving CHPs for the excepted venues and latitudes. HB11: Remove all penalties for carrying a concealed handgun, provided a person is not otherwise precluded from carrying a handgun. Pass Constitutional Carry. HB204: Change from five days to three. HB325: How a person determines something -- including a firearm -- is "lost" may not be anywhere near how the Commonwealth's Attorney decides it was "lost". If you look for it for two weeks, and then decide it's "lost", report it, and the prosecutor decides it was lost two weeks ago -- when one may have started the 'due-diligence' search -- and then criminalize the reporting citizen, this is counterproductive and victimizing. With that peril, why would one then report it? HB399: Criminalize crime, not possession. HB590: Stop prescribing and micromanaging how one -- or a family -- keeps firearms. Encourage responsible possession and storage, and have investigations of responsibility determine liability and penalties. HB 1078: Exempt Gift transfers, and offer NO-cost background check options for those. That way, if someone prefers that surety for a Gift, they retain a no-cost option. Thank you for receiving my comments, and for your service to Virginians.

I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 10 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 11 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 204 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 325 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 399 I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 590 I STRONGLY SUPPORT MODIFIED BILL HB 1078 I STRONGLY SUPPORT BILL IF IT IS FIXED AND COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL LAW OTHERWISE I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 1306

Delegates, HB 10, Delegate Anderson, removes all fees for a person to get a concealed handgun permit (CHP). It’s bad enough that gun owners need a permit to exercise their right to self-defense using a concealed handgun, they certainly shouldn’t have to pay a fee to do so. The fee is similar to a “poll tax" and I think it should be eliminated. I support this bill. HB 11, Delegate Anderson, reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered “concealed.” The second offense is raised to a Class 2 misdemeanor, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. I support this bill. HB 204, Delegate Wachsmann, changes the number of days that the state can delay a firearm transfer from five days to three days, matching federal law. I support this bill. HB 325, Delegate Freitas, repeals the requirement that a person who has their gun stolen must report it within 48 hours after the person discovers the loss. This law is unenforceable, as how does the Commonwealth know when a person discovered their gun missing, if they realized it at all? HB 399, Delegate Simon, makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. This bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. It is also unconstitutional. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 590, Delegate VanVaulkenburg, requires a gun owner in a house where there is a person under 18 to either have a firearm under their immediate control or to store the firearm unloaded in a locked container and the ammunition in a separate locked container. This would make it illegal for someone to have a loaded firearm in a locked container, such as a biometric safe, for use in case of emergency. Also, this is a one-size-fits-all, not recognizing the difference in maturity levels children can have. Children under the age of 18 have used firearms to stop violent home invasions or other serious crimes taking place in their home. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 929, Delegate Batten, exempts holders of a federal “curios and relics” license from a background check when purchasing a firearm. I support this bill. HB 1078, Delegate Cordoza, clarifies that a transfer, but not a sale, between family members does not require a background check. I believe this should be expanded to not punish any transfer of personal property. HB 1306, Delegate Simon, updates the current law to add possession or sale of a firearm which has had its serial number removed or obliterated a crime. As written I oppose this bill. There are some changes that could be made that would be acceptable.

HB10 - I strongly agree with this as getting rid of CHP fees rectifies a violation to our constitutional rights, a fee on carrying a firearm is equivalent to a poll tax and should be immediately removed HB11 - I strongly agree with this as someone should have the opportunity to at least complete their CHP while they have a charge and people should not be going to jail in general for carrying a firearm in otherwise permitted places as it puts a further strain to our prison system and makes bad people out of nonviolent or ignorant people HB325 - I strongly agree with this bill as this rectifies the issue of punishing the victim (aka the person who had their firearm stolen) by removing the civil penalty. Having a fine on top of having your property stolen is just not common sense HB399 - I strongly oppose this terrible bill, it is unconstitutional as creating your own firearm has been protected since the beginning of America's existence. This bill will created felons out of ordinary people overnight. This will also not stop the manufacturing of firearms as material like polymer is available everywhere and will become even more accessible with the availability of 3D printers HB590 - I oppose this bill as safe storage laws are just another impediment for defending your own residence. The proper solution is to leave the discretion up to parents and to educate children to proper firearm safety and to always assume a gun is loaded HB1078 - I support this bill as it gets rid of unenforceable language in Virginia law HB1130 - I oppose this bill on the principle that all citizens should be treated the same HB1306 - I strongly oppose this bill for the reason that it will make lawful citizens illegal overnight and will not be followed by criminals anyway

Dear Delegates, I support all bills that remove restrictions on firearms and oppose all bills that add restrictions to firearms. Anti-gun bills serve only to disarm innocent, law-abiding citizens. They make it easier for real criminals to do harm. Why is this so hard to see? It's obvious. I illustrate why we must protect the rights of gun owners in a song a wrote called Good Folks. You can listen to it and watch the music video here: https://carlahowell.com/product/good-folks/ Thank you for hearing my concerns. Respectfully yours, Carla Howell

I'm a volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and I oppose these bills.

I am not a police officer but I was a military service member. Both uphold some of the highest standards of personal conduct. I do not support a minority report future crimes style system for monitoring police officers. A human supervisor should be entrusted to perform the duty of evaluating his employees, and forwarding concerns to his supervisor or a evaluation board or whatever method might exist. To pass this bill is just a small step in the march towards total algorithmic control of our lives. To subject police officers to this system will only lead to more widespread use and eventually use against the public... on the road to facial recognition cameras and social credit scores. There will always be bad police officers and people, but to subject the rest of us to a 1984 nightmare is not the solution. It's costly and dehumanizing. Well it's good for the contractors and delegates being paid to create the system. But I'd rather have more useful work toward human happiness. This seems like some attempt to give supervisors something to point to when they fire a bad officer. Empower supervisors in some other way to fire bad officers. That a bill like this is even being considered is probably a symptom of a culture riding on the coattails of previous prosperity propped up by debt-based government spending and a misguided sense that technology can solve our problems.

The VACP opposes HB 611 which creates a rigid mandate for law enforcement agencies to implement an early warning system. We would support language that would direct DCJS to establish a best practices model for the implementation, training and management of an early warning system for use by law enforcement agencies consistent with state accreditation standards. We do not support a mandate as outlined in this bill. This bill is attempting to legislate law enforcement agencies policies and practices. That is the purpose of accreditation. All state and national accredited agencies are required to have an early warning system in place. Accreditation provides flexibility within established standards to develop appropriate policies for agencies based on their unique needs. Policy that is mandated legislatively does not take into consideration of the differences between agencies and creates burdens on some that don’t require the level of detail in policy that is mandated in this bill. The VACP has continually sought legislative support for funding for statewide accreditation and we feel this issue is best addressed through that process and through the development of a best practices model. It is accreditation that forces agencies to become and remain current in their approach to policy development and practices. It is the path to professional policing.

Delegates, HB 10, Delegate Anderson, removes all fees for a person to get a concealed handgun permit (CHP). It’s bad enough that gun owners need a permit to exercise their right to self-defense using a concealed handgun, they certainly shouldn’t have to pay a fee to do so. The fee is similar to a “poll tax" and I think it should be eliminated. I support this bill. HB 11, Delegate Anderson, reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered “concealed.” The second offense is raised to a Class 2 misdemeanor, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. I support this bill. HB 204, Delegate Wachsmann, changes the number of days that the state can delay a firearm transfer from five days to three days, matching federal law. I support this bill. HB 325, Delegate Freitas, repeals the requirement that a person who has their gun stolen must report it within 48 hours after the person discovers the loss. This law is unenforceable, as how does the Commonwealth know when a person discovered their gun missing, if they realized it at all? HB 399, Delegate Simon, makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. This bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. It is also unconstitutional. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 590, Delegate VanVaulkenburg, requires a gun owner in a house where there is a person under 18 to either have a firearm under their immediate control or to store the firearm unloaded in a locked container and the ammunition in a separate locked container. This would make it illegal for someone to have a loaded firearm in a locked container, such as a biometric safe, for use in case of emergency. Also, this is a one-size-fits-all, not recognizing the difference in maturity levels children can have. Children under the age of 18 have used firearms to stop violent home invasions or other serious crimes taking place in their home. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 929, Delegate Batten, exempts holders of a federal “curios and relics” license from a background check when purchasing a firearm. I support this bill. HB 1078, Delegate Cordoza, clarifies that a transfer, but not a sale, between family members does not require a background check. I believe this should be expanded to not punish any transfer of personal property. HB 1306, Delegate Simon, updates the current law to add possession or sale of a firearm which has had its serial number removed or obliterated a crime. As written I oppose this bill. There are some changes that could be made that would be acceptable.

Please vote yes for HB929. This only waves the redundant Virginia background check that should not be needed by any current FFL03 to purchase any firearm. Still will need to do a Federal Background check to purchase a modern firearm. No Virginia or Federal background check is currently required for any current FFL03 to purchase any firearm that is a C&R which is at least 50 years old

Dear Delegates, I support all bills that remove restrictions on firearms and oppose all bills that add restrictions to firearms. Anti-gun bills serve only to disarm innocent, law-abiding citizens. They make it easier for real criminals to do harm. Why is this so hard to see? It's obvious. I illustrate why we must protect the rights of gun owners in a song a wrote called Good Folks. You can listen to it and watch the music video here: https://carlahowell.com/product/good-folks/ Thank you for hearing my concerns. Respectfully yours, Carla Howell

I'm a volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and I oppose these bills.

Mark Flynn, on behalf of the Virginia Municipal League. The League supports delegate Runion's bill and asks the subcommittee to support the legislation. The bill creates an equitable funding for local costs of housing persons convicted of felonies in the state system. Thank you.

Dear Public Safety House Sub-Committee Members, I am writing to support passage of HB989. Alleghany County and our neighboring localities face a very serious situation regarding state responsible inmates. In FY2021 Alleghany County spent $673,050 to house inmates in other facilities with our overflow being directly attributable to state-responsible inmates. Over the past three years this situation has cost the County $1,557,090.78. We specifically ask that the Commonwealth fully reimburse localities for the cost of housing inmates that are the responsibility of the Commonwealth. The current lack of financial responsibility by the State is a backdoor way of balancing this portion of the state budget on the backs of local governments. By simply not transferring state-responsible inmates into the state prison system, the Commonwealth is severely affecting local budgets. This added cost is significant, uncontrollable and unpredictable. We sincerely hope that the General Assembly will address this problem in the current legislative session considering the State's current inflow of substantial financial resources. HB 989 is a major step in the right direction and we encourage its adoption. Please let me know of anything we can do to assist you in considering this matter. Sincerely, Pete Huber Interim Alleghany County Administrator Cell 540 440-0308 phuber@co.alleghany.va.us

Just like to be heard about the bills thank u

It is a continuing financial burden to localities to be asked to house state responsible inmates without receiving full compensation from the state. Our localities have long understood that state beds in correctional facilities may not always be readily available. We are glad to afford the state the opportunity to place inmates in our facilities, but we must be fully compensated for our actual costs - the same costs we pay for the daily care of an inmate. By making our communities absorb this expense, you effectively prevent us from investing these dollars in education, law enforcement, fire & rescue, streets and other infrastructure, etc, Just do what is fair by you local partners and service providers & with a budget flush with excess revenues - send some of it here!

I strongly favor HB1054 and encourage you to pass it. It protects vulnerable Virginians from freezing or sweltering to death under extreme conditions, and makes it easier for them to pay reconnection or disconnection fees. People can't be productive, hard-working, taxpaying citizens if they're sick or dead. As legislators, you have a responsibility to protect Virginians from harm whenever and wherever you can. Please pass HB1054. I also strongly favor HB600. As we've seen in the pandemic, people can't always control when, why, or how they find themselves unemployed. And when they're suddenly thrown out of work, I feel that giving them a lifeline to help them get back on their feet is money well spent for all of us. And I strongly advocate for HB447. Elected officials make a lot of noise about broadband access for Virginians, but rarely do anything about it. In exchange for their monopoly control over large swaths of the state, broadband providers need to serve the public interest by offering affordable plans.

Thank you to the Chair for allowing me this opportunity. My name is Claudia and I am speaking as a concerned resident of Falls Church. I am expressing my support for HB 1054. I live and volunteer with working-class families in a community that neighbors the middle class Lake Barcroft community. The families I know are worried about affording next month’s rent, and this bill would mean that families are not forced to live without utilities due to non-payment during times of crisis. Access to utilities creates healthy home environments and helps prevent the spread of colds, the flu, and COVID. We can’t control weather, but we can expand access to water, gas, and electricity during extreme conditions. This will strengthen the health of VA’s neighborhoods. Finally, with this testimony, I ask the subcommittee to support HB 1054.

Some of our neighbors most impacted and financially burdened by utility bills and times of emergency are those in low-income families and communities of color. HB 1054 expands protections for families financially burdened by utility bills in times of crisis.

My name is Kidest Gebre and I am the Organizing Coordinator and Communicating Our Power Fellow for Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, we collaborate among people of faith and conscience to grow healthy communities by advancing climate and environmental justice. We urge you to support HB 1054. This legislation is important to many of our faith communities. Many faith communities in Virginia offer social services to help pay bills like food, rent, and utility bills (water, electricity, and gas) for families in need and offer life-saving support. As people of faith, this past Sunday, over 75 faith communities and households in Virginia stood in solidarity with the many vulnerable Virginians who are living in danger of utility disconnections this winter. We’ve had faith leaders, express that the members of their congregation “who live paycheck to paycheck lose their power due to late payments. That means their food spoils in the fridge and their kids can’t access the internet for school. Utilities are too vital for people who are already living on the edge to lose.” This bill gives folks the extra time and the proper time of delay from disconnections during times of public health emergency and extreme weather. Thank you!

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Dear Members of the House Commerce and Energy - Subcommittee #3, on behalf of the Virginia Conservation Network I urge you to vote "no" on HB894 and HB1326, and to vote "yes" on HB1054. For your convince I am attaching combined talking points on each bill.

As the impacts of climate change worsen, extreme weather events are predicted to be more frequent and severe, likely affecting our most vulnerable neighbors. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that just last year deadly weather such as flooding events, extreme heat, tornadoes, and cyclones cost $145 billion, the third-highest cost on record, and killed more than 600 people.

Virginia’s climate is rapidly changing. The United States Environmental Protection Agency explains how Virginia’s sea level has risen from one to two inches every decade. With Higher water levels, Virginia residents are experiencing extreme weather conditions like eroding beaches, submerging lowlands, and exacerbating coastal flooding. Bill HB1054 is essential because it provides protections for our neighbors at higher risk of being affected by extreme weather events, ensures life-saving access to those who need gas, electric, and water services the most, and bans utilities from charging households for disconnecting and reconnecting their accounts. Hence, CCAN Action Fund supports this bill HB1054.

Delegates, HB 10, Delegate Anderson, removes all fees for a person to get a concealed handgun permit (CHP). It’s bad enough that gun owners need a permit to exercise their right to self-defense using a concealed handgun, they certainly shouldn’t have to pay a fee to do so. The fee is similar to a “poll tax" and I think it should be eliminated. I support this bill. HB 11, Delegate Anderson, reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered “concealed.” The second offense is raised to a Class 2 misdemeanor, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. I support this bill. HB 204, Delegate Wachsmann, changes the number of days that the state can delay a firearm transfer from five days to three days, matching federal law. I support this bill. HB 325, Delegate Freitas, repeals the requirement that a person who has their gun stolen must report it within 48 hours after the person discovers the loss. This law is unenforceable, as how does the Commonwealth know when a person discovered their gun missing, if they realized it at all? HB 399, Delegate Simon, makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. This bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. It is also unconstitutional. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 590, Delegate VanVaulkenburg, requires a gun owner in a house where there is a person under 18 to either have a firearm under their immediate control or to store the firearm unloaded in a locked container and the ammunition in a separate locked container. This would make it illegal for someone to have a loaded firearm in a locked container, such as a biometric safe, for use in case of emergency. Also, this is a one-size-fits-all, not recognizing the difference in maturity levels children can have. Children under the age of 18 have used firearms to stop violent home invasions or other serious crimes taking place in their home. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 929, Delegate Batten, exempts holders of a federal “curios and relics” license from a background check when purchasing a firearm. I support this bill. HB 1078, Delegate Cordoza, clarifies that a transfer, but not a sale, between family members does not require a background check. I believe this should be expanded to not punish any transfer of personal property. HB 1306, Delegate Simon, updates the current law to add possession or sale of a firearm which has had its serial number removed or obliterated a crime. As written I oppose this bill. There are some changes that could be made that would be acceptable.

HB10 - I strongly agree with this as getting rid of CHP fees rectifies a violation to our constitutional rights, a fee on carrying a firearm is equivalent to a poll tax and should be immediately removed HB11 - I strongly agree with this as someone should have the opportunity to at least complete their CHP while they have a charge and people should not be going to jail in general for carrying a firearm in otherwise permitted places as it puts a further strain to our prison system and makes bad people out of nonviolent or ignorant people HB325 - I strongly agree with this bill as this rectifies the issue of punishing the victim (aka the person who had their firearm stolen) by removing the civil penalty. Having a fine on top of having your property stolen is just not common sense HB399 - I strongly oppose this terrible bill, it is unconstitutional as creating your own firearm has been protected since the beginning of America's existence. This bill will created felons out of ordinary people overnight. This will also not stop the manufacturing of firearms as material like polymer is available everywhere and will become even more accessible with the availability of 3D printers HB590 - I oppose this bill as safe storage laws are just another impediment for defending your own residence. The proper solution is to leave the discretion up to parents and to educate children to proper firearm safety and to always assume a gun is loaded HB1078 - I support this bill as it gets rid of unenforceable language in Virginia law HB1130 - I oppose this bill on the principle that all citizens should be treated the same HB1306 - I strongly oppose this bill for the reason that it will make lawful citizens illegal overnight and will not be followed by criminals anyway

Dear Delegates, I support all bills that remove restrictions on firearms and oppose all bills that add restrictions to firearms. Anti-gun bills serve only to disarm innocent, law-abiding citizens. They make it easier for real criminals to do harm. Why is this so hard to see? It's obvious. I illustrate why we must protect the rights of gun owners in a song a wrote called Good Folks. You can listen to it and watch the music video here: https://carlahowell.com/product/good-folks/ Thank you for hearing my concerns. Respectfully yours, Carla Howell

I support bills 399, 590, 1306. Invisible, undetectable guns--ghost guns--should be banned. Similarly, firearms with the serial numbers removed should be banned. Firearms in homes with a minor MUST be secured. How many toddlers have to die before firearms are required to be secured?

I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 10 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 11 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 204 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 325 I STRONGLY SUPPORT HB 399 I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 590 I STRONGLY SUPPORT MODIFIED BILL HB 1078 I STRONGLY SUPPORT BILL IF IT IS FIXED AND COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL LAW OTHERWISE I STRONGLY OPPOSE HB 1306

Delegates, HB 10, Delegate Anderson, removes all fees for a person to get a concealed handgun permit (CHP). It’s bad enough that gun owners need a permit to exercise their right to self-defense using a concealed handgun, they certainly shouldn’t have to pay a fee to do so. The fee is similar to a “poll tax" and I think it should be eliminated. I support this bill. HB 11, Delegate Anderson, reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered “concealed.” The second offense is raised to a Class 2 misdemeanor, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. I support this bill. HB 204, Delegate Wachsmann, changes the number of days that the state can delay a firearm transfer from five days to three days, matching federal law. I support this bill. HB 325, Delegate Freitas, repeals the requirement that a person who has their gun stolen must report it within 48 hours after the person discovers the loss. This law is unenforceable, as how does the Commonwealth know when a person discovered their gun missing, if they realized it at all? HB 399, Delegate Simon, makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. This bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. It is also unconstitutional. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 590, Delegate VanVaulkenburg, requires a gun owner in a house where there is a person under 18 to either have a firearm under their immediate control or to store the firearm unloaded in a locked container and the ammunition in a separate locked container. This would make it illegal for someone to have a loaded firearm in a locked container, such as a biometric safe, for use in case of emergency. Also, this is a one-size-fits-all, not recognizing the difference in maturity levels children can have. Children under the age of 18 have used firearms to stop violent home invasions or other serious crimes taking place in their home. I strongly oppose this bill. HB 929, Delegate Batten, exempts holders of a federal “curios and relics” license from a background check when purchasing a firearm. I support this bill. HB 1078, Delegate Cordoza, clarifies that a transfer, but not a sale, between family members does not require a background check. I believe this should be expanded to not punish any transfer of personal property. HB 1306, Delegate Simon, updates the current law to add possession or sale of a firearm which has had its serial number removed or obliterated a crime. As written I oppose this bill. There are some changes that could be made that would be acceptable.

HB10 - I strongly agree with this as getting rid of CHP fees rectifies a violation to our constitutional rights, a fee on carrying a firearm is equivalent to a poll tax and should be immediately removed HB11 - I strongly agree with this as someone should have the opportunity to at least complete their CHP while they have a charge and people should not be going to jail in general for carrying a firearm in otherwise permitted places as it puts a further strain to our prison system and makes bad people out of nonviolent or ignorant people HB325 - I strongly agree with this bill as this rectifies the issue of punishing the victim (aka the person who had their firearm stolen) by removing the civil penalty. Having a fine on top of having your property stolen is just not common sense HB399 - I strongly oppose this terrible bill, it is unconstitutional as creating your own firearm has been protected since the beginning of America's existence. This bill will created felons out of ordinary people overnight. This will also not stop the manufacturing of firearms as material like polymer is available everywhere and will become even more accessible with the availability of 3D printers HB590 - I oppose this bill as safe storage laws are just another impediment for defending your own residence. The proper solution is to leave the discretion up to parents and to educate children to proper firearm safety and to always assume a gun is loaded HB1078 - I support this bill as it gets rid of unenforceable language in Virginia law HB1130 - I oppose this bill on the principle that all citizens should be treated the same HB1306 - I strongly oppose this bill for the reason that it will make lawful citizens illegal overnight and will not be followed by criminals anyway

Dear Delegates, I support all bills that remove restrictions on firearms and oppose all bills that add restrictions to firearms. Anti-gun bills serve only to disarm innocent, law-abiding citizens. They make it easier for real criminals to do harm. Why is this so hard to see? It's obvious. I illustrate why we must protect the rights of gun owners in a song a wrote called Good Folks. You can listen to it and watch the music video here: https://carlahowell.com/product/good-folks/ Thank you for hearing my concerns. Respectfully yours, Carla Howell

I'm a volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and I support these bills.

I am in support of HB 1332 because the safety of all staff must be a top priority. Offenders in correctional facilities commit infractions on a continual basis with little or no administrative consequences are issued to offenders which can possibly deter them from interrupting the effective operations of the correctional facility (whether it's jail or prison). There are situations in which correctional officers work at their post and the essential security equipment that is provided for them barely work or don't work at all. Offenders should be held accountable for tampering with security equipment regardless of their security level. For this reason, please support HB 1332. Thank you, constituents.

Surveillance cameras inside the facility are critical to deterring, investigating, and prosecuting criminal activity, such as assault, tampering with other security devices, and introduction and use of contraband, inside the jail. Inmates cover the cameras to hide assaults or other criminal activity. Often, video surveillance is the only tool to identify assailants as victims may be unable or unwilling to do so. Video surveillance is a key piece of evidence during prosecution. For these reasons, I ask that you support HB1332.