Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibitionupon conviction. Provides that any person convicted of violatinga hunting, fishing, or trapping law may also be prohibited by thecourt from hunting, fishing, or trapping for a period of one to fiveyears.
Staunton State Scenic River designation.Adds the 11.5-mile segment of the Staunton River between the U.S.Route 360 bridge and the Staunton River State Park boat landing asa component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The segment ofthe Staunton River upstream of the U.S. Route 360 bridge to State Route 761 at the Long Island Bridge, a distance of approximately51.3 miles, adjoins the new segment and is designated as a scenicriver in current law, making a total distance of approximately 62.8miles of the Staunton River a component of the Virginia Scenic RiversSystem.
Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.Adds Appomattox, Mathews, Middlesex, and New Kent Counties to thelist of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate above two percent, but not to exceed five percent. The revenue attributableto a rate in excess of two percent shall be used solely for tourismand travel purposes. Current law allows all counties to impose atransient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed two percent.
School boards; written school crisis, emergencymanagement, and medical emergency response plans; annual review;delegation of duty. Permits each school board to designate anotherentity or individual to participate on its behalf in the annual reviewof its written school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergencyresponse plan.
Virginia Lottery; Internet sales. Repealsthe prohibition on selling lottery tickets over the Internet.
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;Division of Marketing. Removes references to the Division ofMarketing of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Servicesand authorizes the Commissioner of the Department to adopt regulationsin its place. The bill also states that any regulations promulgatedby the Director of the Division remain in full force and effect untilnew regulations are promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department.
Disorderly conduct in public places; schoolactivities. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor for disruptingwillfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, the operationof any school or any school activity conducted or sponsored by anyschool if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderlyconduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendencyto cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually,the disruption is directed.
Department of Education; social-emotional learning and development. Requires the Department of Education to (i) establish a uniform definition of social-emotional learning and develop guidance standards for social-emotional learning for all public students in grades kindergarten through 12 in the Commonwealth; (ii) make such standards available to each local school division no later than July 1, 2021; and (iii) issue a report no later than November 1, 2021, on the resources needed to successfully support local school divisions with the implementation of a statewide social-emotional learning program.
Income tax subtraction; crime stopper rewards. Increases from $1,000 to $5,000, beginning in taxable year 2020, the maximum amount that may be subtracted from taxable income for amounts received as a reward for providing information to a law-enforcement official or agency, or to a nonprofit corporation created exclusively to assist such law-enforcement official or agency, that is used in the apprehension and conviction of perpetrators of crimes. This bill is identical to SB 931.
Waterfowl blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries not to license any stationary waterfowl blind in any area of Hunting Creek, Little Hunting Creek, or Dogue Creek in which the local governing body prohibits by ordinance the hunting of birds with a firearm. This bill is identical to SB 435.
Department of Taxation sharing information withthe Department of Social Services. Authorizes the Departmentof Taxation to share tax information related to the federal earnedincome tax credit and the Virginia income tax credit for low-incometaxpayers with the Department of Social Services as necessary toadminister outreach and enrollment related to such credits.
Securities Act; crowdfunding exemption. Repeals the sunset provision on the existing measure that authorizes the State Corporation Commission to adopt an exemption for limited offerings of securities by small and startup companies, known as equity crowdfunding, from the registration provisions of the Securities Act. These crowdfunding provisions, which were enacted in 2015, are currently scheduled to expire on July 1, 2020. The measure also broadens the existing exemption to apply to offerings conducted in accordance with Rule 147A adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Because Rule 147A does not require the issuer of the securities to be incorporated or organized in the same state where the offering occurs, the measure creates a carve-out for offerings under Rule 147A from the existing requirement that the issuer be formed, organized, or existing under the laws of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 542.
