Resale Disclosure Act; resale certificate; fees.Adds condominium associations and real estate cooperative associationsto the types of associations under the Resale Disclosure Act thatare prohibited from collecting certain fees unless, in addition toother requirements, such associations are current in filing the mostrecent annual report and fee with the Common Interest Community Board.
Public institutions of higher education; student identification cards; contact information of certain emergency services required. Requires each public institution of higher educationthat issues student identification cards to clearly print and conspicuouslylabel on each student identification card, in addition to the "988Suicide and Crisis Lifeline," the contact information of the followingemergency services: (i) the law enforcement, fire department, andemergency medical services serving the geographical area in whichsuch institution is located; (ii) the institution's campus police department and any additional security departments or services andemergency medical services or health departments available on campus;and (iii) the sexual assault crisis center or victim support servicewith which the institution entered into a memorandum of understandingpursuant to relevant law and the National Sexual Assault Hotline.The bill requires each such institution to annually review the requiredcontact information to ensure that it is accurate and current.
Board of Education; Provisional (Career Switcher)License; special education. Requires the Board of Education to amend its relevant regulation to permit any career switcher who seeksa teaching endorsement preK through grade 12, including any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education, topursue a Provisional (Career Switcher) License through the career switcher alternate route to licensure program in accordance withall of the requirements set forth in such regulation, thereby eliminatingthe prohibition against the pursuit of such a license for any careerswitcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education. Thebill also clarifies that such required regulatory amendment createsan additional pathway to provisional license for an individual whoseeks a teaching endorsement in special education and does not supplantthe Provisional (Special Education) License option authorized pursuantto Board regulation.
Elections; candidates for office; conduct ofprimaries; declaration of candidacy. Requires a candidate fornomination by primary to file a written declaration of candidacyincluding a statement that his name shall not be printed on the ballotsfor that office in the succeeding general election if the candidatewithdraws from or is defeated in the primary. Under current law,only candidates who are defeated in a primary election are subjectto such restriction.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday. This bill is identical to SB 646.
Adult wellness screening; sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait. Provides that every adult resident of the Commonwealth may be offered screening tests for sickle cell disease or the sickle cell trait and requires that the health care professional in charge of an adult's annual health examination provide education and appropriate counseling regarding the results of any such test that is performed.
Water facilities; staffing; licensed operators. Requires sewage treatment works, classified waterworks, and classified water treatment facilities to employ a licensed operator. The bill establishes a protocol for responding to an unexpected vacancy of the licensed operator position. The bill also permits remote monitoring of the facility by the licensed operator upon a demonstration of sufficient technology for the remote operator to adequately monitor the waterworks or treatment facility and manage onsite operators.
Superintendent of Public Instruction; pandemicrecovery task force; report. Requires the Superintendent ofPublic Instruction to establish and appoint such members as he deems necessary or appropriate to a pandemic recovery task force (the taskforce) within the Department of Education, the purpose of which isto examine the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on publiceducation in the Commonwealth and to provide recommendations, guidance,and resources to each local school division in order to enable allenrolled students to thrive academically, socially, and emotionallyand to meet or exceed pre-pandemic levels on all relevant metricsof student achievement and well-being. The bill requires the taskforce to focus particularly on student learning loss, attendance,and mental health and on vulnerable populations of students and toannually submit a report of its findings and recommendations to theBoard, the Governor, the General Assembly, and each school boardno later than November 1.
Vacancies in elected local offices; interimappointments; notice requirement. Requires the local governingbody or elected school board making an interim appointment to filla vacancy in the membership of such body or board to hold a publicmeeting at least seven days prior to making such appointment. Thebill specifies that at such meeting, the body or board shall announcethe names of all persons being proposed for the interim appointmentand shall make available for inspection each person's resume andany other materials required by the body or board.
Local regulation of door-to-door vendors; politicalparties exempted. Provides that local ordinances regulating theactivities of door-to-door vendors shall not apply to any personparticipating in certain specified political activities.
Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. Provides that any person convicted of felony cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of animals for life and that any person convicted of misdemeanor cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of animals for a period of up to five years. The bill provides that any person who violates such prohibition shall be punished for contempt of court, and the court shall order that any animal possessed or owned by such person may be disposed of by a local governing body or delivered to another person with a right of property in the animal. Under current law, such prohibition is limited to companion animals and a period equal to the statutory maximum period of incarceration. The bill further provides that any person who has his rights to possession or ownership of companion or equine animals prohibited pursuant to a felony conviction may petition the court where such conviction occurred for a restoration of his rights after five years from the date of conviction.
Primary elections; candidates for nomination; withdrawal of candidacy resulting in unopposed primary; primary cancellation and nomination procedure. Provides that if a person who is a candidate for nomination by a political party at a primary election and who appears on the ballot for such election withdraws his candidacy on or after the forty-fourth day before but prior to the Tuesday immediately preceding the primary election, and the result of such withdrawal is one remaining candidate who is now unopposed, the remaining candidate will be declared the party's nominee for the office sought and the primary election will be canceled. The bill requires the notice of withdrawal to be signed and notarized and to be submitted to the general registrar, who then transmits it to the local electoral board and the State Board of Elections along with a certification that the remaining candidate is now unopposed for nomination. The State Board is required to declare the remaining candidate to be the nominee within one calendar day of receiving such notice, and the local electoral board is then required to petition the circuit court for the cancellation of the primary election. Finally, the bill directs the State Board to prescribe procedures for canceling a primary election, including instructions for locking and securing voting systems, disposition of marked and unmarked absentee ballots, and voter notification. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 131.
