Virginia Public Procurement Act; public workscontracts; project labor agreements. Removes the statutory authorityfor any public body, including any state or local government, whenengaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts forconstruction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of public works,to require bidders to enter into or adhere to project labor agreementson the public works projects.
Nonresident concealed handgun permits. Providesthat if the Department of State Police has not issued a nonresidentconcealed handgun permit nor determined that the applicant for suchpermit is disqualified within 90 days of receipt of the applicationfor such permit, the Department shall immediately issue the permit.Current law does not specify a time limit for issuance of such permitor determination of disqualification. The bill retains the currentrequirement that if after issuance of the permit the permittee isfound by the Department to be disqualified, the permit shall be revokedand the person shall return the permit after being so notified bythe Department.
Health insurance; pharmacies; freedom of choice;delivery of prescription drugs or devices. Prohibits an insurer,health maintenance organization, corporation providing preferredprovider subscription contracts, or pharmacy benefits manager fromimposing upon any person receiving pharmaceutical benefits any policyor practice requiring or incentivizing a prescription drug or deviceto be sent (i) directly to a health care provider for administrationto a patient, (ii) to a specific pharmacy selected by such insurer,organization, corporation, or pharmacy benefits manager, or (iii)to the residence of such person.
Possession of controlled substances unlawful;second or subsequent conviction; mandatory minimum. Providesthat the sentence of any person convicted of possession of any controlledsubstance classified in Schedule I or II of the Drug Control Actfor (i) a second offense within less than five years shall includea mandatory minimum sentence of 20 days and a mandatory minimum fineof $500; (ii) a second offense within 10 years shall include a mandatoryminimum sentence of 45 days and a mandatory minimum fine of $500;(iii) three offenses within 10 years shall include a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days and a mandatory minimum fine of $500, unlessthe three offenses were committed within a five-year period, in whichcase the sentence shall include a mandatory minimum sentence of confinementfor six months and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000; and (iv) afourth or subsequent offense within 10 years shall include a mandatoryminimum term of imprisonment of one year and a mandatory minimumfine of $1,000. The bill also providesthat the driver's license of any person convicted of possession ofany controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II of the DrugControl Act (a) may be suspended for a period of up to 30 days forthe first offense and (b) shall be suspended for a period of 30 daysfor the second and subsequent offenses.
Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election;absentee voting application requirements; absentee voting in personavailability; return of absentee ballots. Requires presentationof a form of identification containing a photograph in order to voteand provides that a voter who does not have one of the required formsof identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill repeals a provision that would permit any person who is qualifiedto register to vote to do so in person up to and including the dayof the election and limits the persons who are entitled to registerto vote after the close of registration records to members of a uniformedservice on active duty, persons who are residing temporarily outsideof the United States, and their spouses and dependents. The billlimits the period during which absentee voting in person is availablefrom 45 days preceding the date of the election to the 14 days precedingthe date of the election. The bill requires that absentee ballotsreturned by mail be returned to the office of the general registrarby the close of polls on election day and be postmarked on or beforethe Saturday preceding the date of the election. The bill eliminatesthe use of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots.The bill requires absentee ballot applications to contain the lastfour digits of the applicant's social security number.
Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required. Allows any person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a concealedhandgun permit to carry a concealed handgun without a permit anywhere he may lawfully carry a handgun openly within the Commonwealth.
Personal property tax; classification; sunsetdate. Removes the sunset date from the provision of law that authorizes localities to classify most motor vehicles as a class ofproperty subject to a different rate of tax or rate of assessmentfrom the rate applicable to the general class of tangible personalproperty. Under current law, such classification would expire beginningwith taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
Disorderly conduct; penalty. Removes theprohibition on the applicability of the offense of disorderly conductin public place to any elementary or secondary school student ifthe disorderly conduct occurred on the property of any elementaryor secondary school, on a school bus, or at any activity conductedor sponsored by any elementary or secondary school.
Smithsonian; return of human bodily remainsto Virginia descendants; review; compensation. Requests the Smithsonianto complete a full review of all human bodily remains within itscare, to return the bodily remains of all ancestors of Virginia citizensthat are within its care due to unethical practices, and to compensatefamilies for the reasonable funeral and burial expenses related to such return. The bill also requests that, upon completion of suchreview, the Smithsonian publicly publish such review, including thecircumstances resulting in its acquisition of such remains and anyrecords that might assist in the identification of the descendantsof the individuals whose human bodily remains are included in anyof the Smithsonian's collections.
Unlawful picketing or parading to obstruct orinfluence justice; penalty. Provides that any person who, withthe intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administrationof justice, or with the intent of influencing or intimidating inthe discharge of his duty any judge, juror, witness, court officer,or court employee, pickets or parades in or near a residence occupiedor used by such judge, juror, witness, court officer, or court employee is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that theprovisions regarding the issuance and service of summons in placeof a warrant do not apply to such violations.
Health insurance; employee welfare benefit plans;pharmacy audit protections. Requires contracts and provider contractsbetween an entity providing or administering self-insured or self-fundedemployee welfare benefit plans and an intermediary or a participatingpharmacy provider or its contracting agent, pursuant to which suchentity or intermediary has the right or obligation to conduct auditsof participating pharmacy providers, to contain certain terms andprovisions relating to such audits.
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms.Prohibits a person that operates a social media platform thathas knowledge that a user of the social media platform is a childunder the age of 18 from implementing certain practices, designs,and features of the social media platform for any interaction withsuch child that includes infinite scroll, auto-playing videos, pushnotifications, gamification, and virtual gifts.
