Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law; provision not set out; applicability. Sets out a section from Chapter 37 of the Acts of Assembly of 1986 establishing the applicability of the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law (§ 36-85.2 et seq.). The bill also removes an obsolete provision relating to the purpose of the chapter and makes technical changes. The bill is a recommendation of the Code Commission.
High school graduation requirements; requiredcourses or credentials; dual enrollment. Permits high schoolstudents to fulfill a certain high school graduation course creditrequirement by completing a dual enrollment course in lieu of thecurrently required Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate,or honors course or Board of Education-approved career and technicaleducation credential.
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and EnforcementAct; disclosure of identifying information; pleading or affidavit.Clarifies that a hearing and written finding of the issue of thedisclosure of certain identifying information of a child in a childcustody proceeding shall be held and made by the court within 15days of the filing of an affidavit that the health, safety, or libertyof a child would be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information.Current law allows such filing to be made in the form of an affidavitor a pleading, but only applies the requirement that the court hearand decide the case within 15 days to pleadings.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; small purchases. Increases from $100,000 to $200,000 the small purchases exemption under the Virginia Public Procurement Act for single or term contracts for goods and services other than professional services. The bill also removes outdated provisions related to informal solicitations required to be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. This bill is identical to SB 650.
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public institutions of higher education; information related to pledges and donations. Provides that no discretionary exclusion in FOIA shall apply to protect information relating to the amount, date, purpose, and terms of a pledge or donation made to a public institution of higher education. The bill provides that the identity of the donor shall be protected only if (i) the donor has requested anonymity in connection with or as a condition of making a pledge or donation and (ii) the pledge or donation does not impose terms or conditions directing academic decision-making. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to SB 140.
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures for a buyer to beware; residential building energy analyst. Adds obtaining a residential building energy analysis to the disclosure statement furnished to the buyer by the owner of residential real property that the buyer beware and exercise necessary due diligence with respect to determining the condition of real property or any improvements thereon. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. The bill incorporates HB 574 and is identical to SB 628.
Department of General Services; public posting of contract information on central electronic procurement system. Provides for the Department of General Services to post on its central electronic procurement system awarded contracts and any modifications to such contracts. The bill also requires agencies that use the Department's central procurement website to post the same information and provides that any contract awarded pursuant to an Invitation to Bid or a Request for Proposals on or after July 1, 2021, including any subsequent modifications to the contract by a using agency, shall be posted on the Department's central electronic procurement system. The bill requires a modification made by a using agency on or after July 1, 2021, to any other contract that has two or more years remaining to be posted on the Department's central electronic procurement system, along with the original contract and any previous modifications. This bill is identical to SB 563.
Dismissal of teachers; grounds; incompetency.Removes receipt of one or more unsatisfactory performance evaluationsfrom the list of factors that "incompetency" may be construed toinclude for the purpose of establishing grounds for the dismissal of public school teachers.
Department of General Services; baby changingfacilities in restrooms located in public buildings. Directsthe Director of the Department of General Services to develop andimplement policies that require every restroom designated for publicuse in any public building on property that is owned, leased, orcontrolled by the Commonwealth to be equipped with baby changing facilities that are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate. The bill defines "baby changing facility" to mean a table or other device suitablefor changing the diaper of a child age three or younger.
Administration of government; boards and councils;cleanup. Aligns authorizing language across certain boards andcouncils. The bill also increases from 18 to 21 the nonlegislativecitizen members of the Asian Advisory Board and the Council on Women.The bill removes the power and duty of the Council on Women to reviewand comment on budget and appropriation requests and grant applications.The bill revises the purpose of the Council on Women from identifyingways in which women can reach their potential to advising the Governoron matters pertaining to women and ways to improve their educational,professional, cultural, and governmental status within the Commonwealth.
Historical African American cemeteries; Montgomery County and City of Radford. Adds two cemeteries in Montgomery County and one cemetery in the City of Radford to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The cemeteries are the Wake Forest Cemetery, which contains 40 eligible graves, and the Westview Cemetery, which contains 47 eligible graves, in Montgomery County and the Mountain View Cemetery, which contains 91 eligible graves, in the City of Radford.
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; records of active investigations. Exempts from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act records of active investigations that are being conducted by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
