Agritourism activities; horseback riding andstabling. Adds horseback riding or stabling to the definitionof "agritourism activity." Agritourism activities have limited liabilityfor the inherent risks of the activity under certain conditions.
Private student loan providers; certain disclosures. Requires any provider of private student loans to disclose to any student attending an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, prior to issuing a qualified education loan to such student, the contact information for the Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman and a summary of the student loan information applicable to private student loans that may be found on the State Council of Higher Education's website. The bill provides that any such disclosure may be made in conjunction with or incorporated into another disclosure to such student prior to issuing the qualified education loan. The bill requires the summary to be developed by the Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman in consultation with relevant stakeholders. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.
Overgrown vegetation; local authority. Authorizesany locality within Planning District 23 or that has a populationof at least 75,000 to include provisions for cutting overgrown shrubs,trees, and other such vegetation in an ordinance requiring certainlandowners to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on certainproperty.
Insurance for certain retired employees of political subdivisions. Allows localities to extend certain insurance benefits to retired employees of political subdivisions. This bill is identical to SB 349.
Landlord and tenant; victims of family abuse; evidence to mitigate low credit score; damages. Allows an applicant for a lease to recover actual damages, including all amounts paid to the landlord as an application fee, application deposit, or reimbursement for any of the landlord's out-of-pocket expenses that were charged to the applicant, along with attorney fees, if the landlord does not consider evidence of the applicant's status as a victim of family abuse to mitigate any adverse effect of the otherwise qualified applicant's low credit score.
Insurance for certain retired employees of political subdivisions. Allows localities to extend certain insurance benefits to retired employees of political subdivisions. This bill is identical to HB 1385.
Solar energy projects; national standards. Authorizesa locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions to incorporategenerally accepted national standards for the use of solar panelsand battery technologies for solar photovoltaic (electric energy)projects. The bill contains an enactment clause that applies suchgenerally accepted national standards to any such projects in theCommonwealth, notwithstanding any other provision of law, generalor special.
Special license plate bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE; revenue-sharing provisions. Provides that the special license plate bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE will remain nonrevenue-sharing. Current law provides that such special license plate will become revenue-sharing on July 1, 2020.
Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence. Removes the option for concealed handgun permit applicants to demonstrate competence with a handgun by completing an electronic, video, or online course conducted by a state-certified or National Rifle Association-certified firearms instructor. The bill does not affect any in-person means of satisfying the requirement to demonstrate competence with a handgun under current law. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 263.
Governing boards of public institutions of higher education; increases in undergraduate tuition or mandatory fees;certain disclosures. Prohibits the governing board of any publicinstitution of higher education from approving an increase in undergraduatetuition or mandatory fees without providing students and the publican explanation of the factors that contribute to the need for theplanned increase, an explanation of the planned use of the revenuegenerated by the planned increase, and notice of the date, time,and location of the meeting at which public comment on such plannedincrease is permitted at least 10 days prior to such meeting.
Legal holidays; Lee-Jackson Day; Election Day. Designates Election Day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, as a state holiday and removes Lee-Jackson Day as a state holiday. This bill is identical to SB 601.
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Securityand the Office of the Executive Secretary; creation and implementationof policies for people with developmental disabilities. Requiresthe Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to create andimplement policies that recognize and make accommodations for peopleencountering the criminal justice system with developmental disabilities.The bill also requires the Office of the Executive Secretary to createand implement policies that recognize and make accommodations forpeople with developmental disabilities, for use by judges in determiningcase outcomes.
