Regular Session

REGULAR SESSION – OFFICIAL AGENDA – REVISED

Date:                          Thursday, October 30, 2025

Time:                          10:00 A.M.

Location:                     Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall

Call to Order:              Honorable Milton E. Potter

Senate President, 36^th Legislature

Anthems:                     National Anthem and Virgin Islands March

Invocation:                  Rajan Zed, President, Universal Society of Hinduism

Roll Call:                      Honorable Avery L. Lewis, Legislative Secretary

Committee Reports:

Special Orders/Overrides:

        Overrides:

CONSIDERATION OF NOMINATIONS

Ms. Joan Foy – Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Board

Mr. Mark M. Wiechnik, Esq. – Virgin Islands Historic Preservation Commission

CONSIDERATION OF ZONING

Bill No. 36-0128        An act amending Official Zoning Map No. STZ-4 to rezone Parcel No. 68A Estate Lindberg Bay, No. 4A, Southside Quarter, St. Thomas from P (Public) to R-3 (Residential-Medium Density)

CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION

Bill No. 36-0107         A resolution honoring and commending Dr. Alfred Lee Anduze for his outstanding achievements and significant contributions to the fields of medicine, science, public health, and community empowerment.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS

Bill No. 36-0058        An Act honoring and commending Dennis “Pumpa” Lennox Leroy Liburd, Jr. for his many contributions to the Virgin Islands culture and music industry as a Soca artist by awarding him the Official key to the Territory and naming the main entrance of 6-Y Peters Rest Road, Christiansted, St. Croix in his honor.

Bill No. 36-0061         An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 27, section 706 and chapter 28A, section 755 allowing retirees who are receiving an annuity from the Government Employees Retirement System who are subsequently employed by the Government Employees Retirement System (“UVI”), to continue to receive their GERS annuity while receiving their salary from the University if the retiree enrolls in a different retirement plan.

Bill No. 36-0083         An act establishing a 90-day amnesty period for the waiver of penalties for payment of outstanding property taxes, income taxes, and gross receipt taxes for all tax years to assist taxpayers and businesses recovering from the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria and Tropical Storm Ernesto.

Bill No. 36-0099         An act amending title 34 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 15 expanding the Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Prevention Act.

Bill No. 36-0119         An act amending Act No. 8651 by reprogramming the appropriated funds to the Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation to fund the completion of the Randall “Doc” James Racetrack on St. Croix.

Bill No. 36-0121         An act to rename the Peter Carl Limpricht Park the TSK Park in honor of the Ten Sleepless Knights quelbe band and making an appropriation to effectuate that change.

Bill No. 36-0123         An act amending title 20 Virgin Islands Code, part II, chapter 43, subchapter I, section 493 making it unlawful for a person who has 0.04 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in his blood to operate a commercial motor vehicle, and making it unlawful for a person under the age of 21 years who has any detectable amount of alcohol in his blood, to operate a motor vehicle.

Bill No. 36-0136       An act amending title 23 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 17, subchapter II by adding new sections 1331 through 1336 mandating lethal weapon training for security guards and investigators.

Bill No. 36-0140         An act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 22, section 403, clarifying the term of service for members of the Historic Preservation Commission.

Bill No. 36-0141         An act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 22, section 415 to add a term of service for appointees to the Board of Physical Therapy

Bill No. 36-0142         An act amending title 27 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 17, section 45, by changing the maximum number of members of the Board for the Licensing of Barbering and Cosmetology   

Bill No. 36-0201         An act extending the deadlines for the Sixth Constitutional Convention of the Virgin Islands and appropriating funding for the convention