Celebrating the life of David McMath Parker.
Injury to property or persons by persons unlawfullyor riotously assembled; penalty. Provides that any person orpersons, unlawfully or riotously assembled, who pull down, injure,or destroy, or begin to pull down, injure, or destroy, the property of another where the cost of damage to such property is $1,000 ormore is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Public schools; mandatory virtual learning;provision of required technology and Internet service; emergency.Provides that if a school board requires students to engage in virtuallearning for any reason, whether full time or part time, and a computerand Internet service to connect to the curriculum is required, thenthe school board must provide appropriate technology devices to everystudent enrolled in the school system so they may access the learningplatform. Additionally, the bill requires school boards to provideadequate Internet service to a student's household at no cost ifa student's family income is below 125 percent of the federal povertyguidelines. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Assault and battery; penalty. Increasesthe penalty for committing an assault or an assault and battery againsta judge; magistrate; law-enforcement officer; correctional officer; person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision ofinmates; firefighter; or volunteer firefighter or any emergency medicalservices personnel from a Class 6 felony with a mandatory term ofconfinement of six months to a Class 5 felony with a mandatory termof confinement of one year. The bill also provides that if such violationoccurs during a state of emergency then such person is guilty of a Class 3 felony with a mandatory term of confinement of two years.
Virtual Virginia; community college dual enrollment courses; emergency. Requires the Department of Education to makecommunity college dual enrollment courses for students in grades11 and 12 available through the Virtual Virginia program. The billdirects the Department of Education to prioritize the provision of community college dual enrollment courses that are included in thePassport Program, the Uniform Certificate of General Studies Program,and courses that lead to workforce credentials. The bill containsan emergency clause.
Collective bargaining; law enforcement.Provides that no county, city, town, or like governmental officer,agent, or governing body is vested with or possesses any authorityto recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargainingagent of any law-enforcement agency or its employees, or to collectivelybargain or enter into any collective bargaining contract with anysuch union or association or its agents with respect to any matterrelating to them or their employment or service. Under current law,beginning May 1, 2021, localities will have the authority to recognizea labor union or other employee association of a law-enforcement agency or its employees and to collectively bargain with such unionsor associations if such authority is provided for by local ordinance.
Electric utility regulation; triennial review proceeding; emergency investigations; administration of earnings. Directs the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), for Dominion's 2021 triennial review, to administer 100 percent of the earnings that were more than 70 basis points above the utility's most recently approved fair combined rate of return for the test period or periods under review, considered as a whole, to benefit customers. One hundred percent of any such over-earnings not otherwise administered by the Commission pursuant to an emergency investigation, if any, shall be credited to customers' bills, which the Commission shall amortize, in its sole discretion, over a period of six to 12 months. The bill also directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct an emergency investigation of the earnings of each utility subject to triennial review proceedings that is not currently undergoing an earnings review proceeding. The bill provides that if, after reviewing the earnings reported by the utility, the Commission finds that a utility's rates for generation and distribution have produced revenues that exceed the utility's most recently authorized rate of return for the calendar years reviewed by more than 70 basis points, the Commission will administer such over-earnings that are more than 70 basis points above the authorized rate of return to benefit customers. The bill provides that the Commission, in a utility's next triennial review, may take any action it deems necessary and appropriate if the bill credits ordered pursuant to an emergency investigation exceed the bill credits ordered in the utility's triennial review.
Department of Education; student growth measurementsystem; COVID-19 pandemic; emergency. Directs the Department of Education to create or obtain an individualized student growthmeasurement system that evaluates, tracks, and analyzes student grade-level proficiency and progress for use in public schools duringthe COVID-19 pandemic. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Nurse practitioners; practice without a practiceagreement. Reduces the number of years of full-time clinicalexperience a nurse practitioner must have to be eligible to practicewithout a written or electronic practice agreement from five yearsto two years.
COVID-19 pandemic; executive orders. Urgesthe Governor to rescind executive orders declaring a public health emergency and imposing restrictions on citizens, businesses, andschools in the Commonwealth due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Constitutional amendment (second resolution);personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle owned by a veteranwho is disabled. Provides that one motor vehicle of a veteranwho has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disabilityshall be exempt from state and local taxes. The amendment provides that only automobiles and pickup trucks qualify for the exemption. Additionally, the exemption is only applicable on the date the motorvehicle is acquired or the effective date of the amendment, whicheveris later, and is not applicable for any period of time prior to theeffective date of the amendment.
Naturopathic doctors; license required. Requires the Board of Medicine to license and regulate naturopathicdoctors, defined in the bill as an individual, other than a doctorof medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry, who may diagnose,treat, and help prevent diseases using a system of practice thatis based on the natural healing capacity of individuals, using physiological,psychological, or physical methods, and who may also use natural medicines, prescriptions, legend drugs, foods, herbs, or other natural remedies, including light and air.
