36th Legislature of the Virgin Islands
SENATE CALENDAR
March 31, 2025 – April 11, 2025
APRIL 3, 2025
Committee on Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety
10:00 A.M.
Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room
The 36th Legislature’s Committee on Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety will meet on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
BLOCK I
10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Bill No. 36-0036 An Act repealing and reenacting title 20 Virgin Islands Code, part II, chapter 43, section 512 increasing penalties for traffic violations; establishing a Virgin Islands Police Department Impound Lot; and for other related purposes
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Mario Brooks, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Police Department
Honorable Gordon Rhea, V.I. Attorney General, Virgin Islands Department of Justice
BLOCK II
11:10 A.M. – 12:10 P.M.
Bill No. 36-0024 An Act amending title 14 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 85 by adding section 1710 declaring a person incapable of consent to sexual relations while the person is in police custody
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Mario Brooks, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Police Department
Honorable Gordon Rhea, V.I. Attorney General, Virgin Islands Department of Justice
Ms. Julie Smith Todman, Esq., Chief Public Defender, V.I. Office of the Public Defender
Ms. Anya Stuart, Executive Director, Family Resource Center, Inc. LUNCH BREAK 12:10 P.M. – 12:55 P.M.
BLOCK III
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Bill No. 36-0005 An Act amending title 16 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 2, section 99 establishing a mandatory minimum bail amount in domestic violence cases
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Gordon Rhea, V.I. Attorney General, Virgin Islands Department of Justice
Honorable Mario M. Brooks, Commissioner, V.I. Police Department
Dr. Clema Lewis, Executive Director, Women’s Coalition of St. Croix
Ms. Anya Stuart, Executive Director, Family Resource Center, Inc. FRIDAY,
