Senate: Homeland Security, Justice, Public Safety, Veterans Affairs

Agenda:

The committee will meet to consider the following bills:

BLOCK I

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Bill No. 33-0075 – An Act amending Title 5, chapter 335, of the Virgin Islands Code, pertaining to search and seizure, by permitting peace officers to stop and frisk persons reasonably suspected to have committed or attempting to commit a crime. (Proposed by senators Stedmann Hodge Jr. and Oakland Benta; co-sponsors: Steven D. Payne, Sr., Novelle E. Francis Jr. and Javan E. James Sr.)

RECESS 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.

BLOCK II

1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Bill No. 33-0017 – An Act amending Title 20, part II, chapter 42, of the Virgin Islands Code, requiring that the Virgin Islands Traffic Bureau install surveillance cameras on all traffic signals in the territory. (Proposed by Senator Novelle E. Francis Jr.; co-sponsors: Sen. Allison L. DeGazon and Sen. Steven D. Payne Sr.)

Bill No. 33-0257 – An Act amending Title 9, Virgin Islands Code, chapter 15, section 233, by increasing the monetary penalty for violating a provision of the chapter. (Proposed by Sen. Steven D. Payne Sr.)

Update on the status of the Virgin Islands Veterans Transportation Emergency Fund.