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era did take a little thunder out of Allen’s tough-taking, anti-crime platform by passing the three-time loser bill and allowing juries to know the criminal history of the defendant before sentencing.
The House and Senate extended extra protections to women and minorities. Lawmakers created a sexual offender registry to hold the names of all convicted of felony sex crimes, passed a landmark anti-staking measure and added a mandatory six-month jail sentence on those convicted of assaulting others or destroying property because of the victim’s race, religion, color or national origin.
On the budget front, the Assembly found $103 million to help reduce classroom sizes in the state’s poorest school districts, thus possibly ending a heated dispute between rich and poor schools. Lawmakers also restored funding that former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder cut for colleges and pegged tuition to the inflation rate.
Aside from legislation, the 1994 session saw a larger and stronger Republican minority force the Democratic leadership to relinquish some powers over the legislative process. The Republicans growing clout, some lawmakers contend, made for a bipartisan session.
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