General appropriations and revenue of the Commonwealth.Includes digital personal property, defined in the bill, in the definitionof tangible personal property for the purposes of the retail salesand use tax. Amendments are made throughout the chapter to imposethe sales and use tax on streaming services, also defined in the bill,in addition to tangible personal property.
License plate readers; penalties. Provides requirements for the use of license plate readers, defined in thebill, by law-enforcement agencies. The bill requires such agenciesto enter into an agreement with the license plate reader owners orother responsible non-law-enforcement entity to operate a data trust,defined in the bill, to store the data collected by a license platereader and requires any such law-enforcement agency to apply to thedata trust for access to such data. The bill limits the use of licenseplate readers to scanning, detecting, and identifying license plate numbers for the purpose of identifying vehicles involved in certaincrimes.
Sales tax revenues; entertainment arena.Adds entertainment arena to the definition of public facility toallow a locality to collect all sales tax revenues generated by transactions at such a facility, provided that a locality owns an interest inthe facility and contributes to financing its construction. The billalso allows a municipality to issue bonds to finance a public facilityon or after July 1, 2024, but prior to July 1, 2027.
Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The bill repeals a provision that declares that, in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees, the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement.
Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority and Financing Fund established; report. Establishes the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority as a political subdivision charged with financing the construction of a sports and entertainment campus. The Authority is composed of nine members, six of whom are appointed by the Governor and three of whom are appointed by the governing body of the City of Alexandria. Each appointed member is subject to specific criteria for appointment. The bill authorizes the Authority to hire independent contractors, enter contracts, acquire property, borrow money, and exercise other similar powers and exempts it from the Personnel Act and the Public Procurement Act. Under the bill, the Authority may issue bonds with a maximum maturity date of 40 years.The bill entitles the Authority to the following revenues: (i) sales tax revenues from construction and transactions on the campus, defined in the bill, but certain revenues that current law dedicates to transportation and education are excluded; (ii) all pass-through entity tax revenues and corporate income tax revenues from income generated by the company, defined in the bill, or any professional sports team or any affiliates as well as in the development and construction of the campus; and (iii) all personal income tax revenues from income generated through employment and business activity on the campus. It also authorizes the City of Alexandria to appropriate tax revenues to the Authority.The revenues shall be deposited in the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority Financing Fund, created in the bill, from which the Authority will deposit revenues into priority accounts for Authority revenues, debt service, subordinate debt service, reserves, and capital expenditures and maintenance. If the Authority determines that all such accounts are sufficiently funded, the bill directs the Authority to issue the excess to the Commonwealth and the City of Alexandria if so provided for in any bond or financing agreements.
State Department of Health; regulation of certain organizations; sale of food. Expands a current exemption to allow churches, fraternal or school organizations, organizations that are exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and volunteer fire departments and volunteer emergency medical services agencies that not only hold, as provided for in current law, but also participate in occasional dinners, bazaars, and other fundraisers of one or two days' duration, at which food (i) prepared in the homes of members; (ii) prepared in the kitchen of the church, school, or organization; or (iii) purchased or donated from a licensed restaurant is offered for sale to the public, to conduct such activities without applying for any permits or licensure from the State Department of Health.
State Board of Social Services; regulations;application for and use of foster care benefits. Directs theState Board of Social Services to amend its regulations by January1, 2025, to (i) require local departments of social services to applyfor federal benefits on behalf of children in foster care that they may be eligible for, (ii) prohibit the use of federal benefits topay for the care and support of children in foster care that theCommonwealth is otherwise obligated to pay for, and (iii) requirelocal departments of social services that are representative payeesfor children in foster care to conserve such federal benefits in an appropriate trust instrument or protected account that is exemptfrom federal asset and resource limits.
Drug Treatment Court Act; name change.Renames the Drug Treatment Court Act as the Recovery Court Act. Thebill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to rename the stateDrug Treatment Court Advisory Committee as the Recovery Court AdvisoryCommittee.
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; waiver usage flexibilityfor local community services boards. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and the Department of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services to amend their regulations to allowlocal community services boards the discretion to convert allocatedCommunity Living waivers to Family and Individual Support waiversand Building Independence waivers if the Community Living waiversare not being utilized and will not be utilized in the foreseeablefuture. The bill requires DMAS to seek any necessary federal approvalsto effectuate this modification through the submission of a stateplan for medical assistance services amendment to the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services.
Central fill pharmacies. Establishes requirementsfor central fill pharmacies, which are defined in the bill as permittedpharmacy facilities that, upon the request of an originating pharmacy,perform the product fulfillment of a drug order and return the filledprescription to the originating pharmacy for delivery to the patientor patient's agent or, for non-federally controlled substances,send the filled prescription directly to the patient. The bill directsthe Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
Advisory Council on Sickle Cell Disease; established;report. Establishes the Advisory Council on Sickle Cell Diseaseto advise the State Health Commissioner on the efforts to improveawareness of sickle cell disease and the needs of individuals withsickle cell disease. The bill requires the Board of Health to reportannually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assemblyregarding its activities and recommendations.
Marine Resources Commission; use of a photomonitoring system; Dandy Point Landing. Allows the Marine ResourcesCommission to place and operate a photo monitoring device, as definedin the bill, at Dandy Point Landing facility in the City of Hamptonfor the purpose of safety monitoring on state-owned property.
