Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority;alternate directors. Repeals a provision of the 2018 mass transitfunding legislation that requires the Commonwealth TransportationBoard to withhold certain funding from the Washington MetropolitanArea Transit Authority if alternate directors of the Authority participatein or take action at a meeting at which the primary directors are present.
Liability for sale of alcohol to an underageperson. Creates a cause of action against an alcoholic beverage control retail licensee who sells alcohol to an underage person whowas visibly intoxicated if the consumption of the alcohol causedor contributed to an injury to person or property while the underageperson operated a motor vehicle. The plaintiff must prove such negligenceby a clear and convincing evidence standard.
Income tax; subtractions and deductions relatedto Paycheck Protection Program loans and Rebuild Virginia programgrants. Provides that certain income tax subtractions and deductionsfor business expenses funded by federal Paycheck Protection Programloans and for grant funds received through the Rebuild Virginia programshall be available for taxable year 2019 and shall not be subjectto any limit for taxable years 2019 and 2020. Under current law, suchsubtractions and deductions are available only for taxable year 2020and are subject to a limit of $100,000. The effect of making suchsubtractions and deductions available for taxable year 2019 would be to allow certain taxpayers whose fiscal year does not match thecalendar year to claim such subtractions and deductions.
Elections; same-day registration; in-personabsentee and election day voting.
Campaign finance and advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications. Broadens the scopeof campaign advertisement disclosure requirements to cover electioneeringcommunications, as defined in the bill. The bill also defines thepurchase of electioneering communications as a form of independentexpenditure required to be reported to the Department of Elections.
Registration fees for motor vehicles; statepark access fee. Imposes a $5 state park access fee to be collected at the time other vehicle registration fees are paid and to be depositedinto the State Park Conservation Resources Fund. Under the bill,a person who shows proof of payment of the fee is not required topay any additional fees for access to a state park.
Smoke alarm retrofitting; dwelling unit buildings. Expands the requirement to retrofit buildings with one or more dwellingunits, hotels and motels, and rooming houses with smoke alarms withoutregard to the time of construction of such buildings.
Offenders under 21 years of age; parole.Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonmentfor a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committedwhile that person was under 21 years of age and who has served atleast 20 years of such sentence and any person who has active sentencesthat total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiplefelony offenses committed while that person was under 21 years ofage and who has served at least 20 years of such sentences shallbe eligible for parole. Under current law, such parole provisionsapply only to juvenile offenders.
Photo speed monitoring devices; localities;locations. Authorizes towns that have not established their ownpolice department to authorize the placement and operation of a photospeed monitoring device to record speed limit violations. Currentlaw authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to placeand operate such devices. The bill requires any such town to provideall data collected from the device to the chief law-enforcement officefor the town or of the county in which the town is located. The billremoves the limitation that such devices only be used in highwaywork zones and school crossing zones.
Governor; chief of staff and Governor's Secretaries.Provides that no chief of staff appointed by the Governor andno Secretary appointed by the Governor shall be members of each other'simmediate family when each is serving in his appointed capacity atthe same time.
Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscriminationin places of public accommodation; COVID-19 vaccination status.The bill prohibits discrimination in public accommodations on thebasis of an individual as having received, received in part, or notreceived a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.
Elections; lists of persons voting at elections;disclosure of individual voting history prohibited. Prohibitscertain persons in receipt of a list of persons voting at electionsfrom disclosing the voting history of any individual on such listto a third party.
