Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. Requires that, if a firearm is lost or stolen from a person wholawfully possessed it, such person shall report the loss or theftof the firearm to any local law-enforcement agency or the Departmentof State Police within 24 hours after such person discovers the lossor theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of theloss or theft. The bill requires the relevant law-enforcement agencyto enter the report information into the National Crime InformationCenter. A violation is punishable by a civil penalty of not morethan $250. The bill provides that a person who, in good faith, reportsthe loss or theft is immune from criminal or civil liability foracts or omissions that result from the loss or theft. The immunitydoes not apply to a person who knowingly gives a false report. Thebill does not apply to the loss or theft of an antique firearm.
Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; training requirement for barbers and cosmetologists.Prohibits the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology from requiring completionof more than 1,000 hours of training in the field for which an applicantfor a license to practice barbering or cosmetology seeks licensing.
Constitutional officers; hiring notices.Allows constitutional officers to use the local government's officialwebsite and related social media platforms to advertise employmentpositions.
Department of Transportation design standards; modifications. Authorizes a resident administrator of the VirginiaDepartment of Transportation to approve modifications to the Department'sdesign standards in certain situations.
DNA sample after arrest; certain misdemeanors.Adds indecent exposure and obscene sexual display to the list ofcrimes for which a DNA sample must be taken upon arrest for commissionor attempted commission of such crimes. The provisions of the billapply only to persons convicted on or after July 1, 2020.
Income tax modifications for certain companiesin economically distressed localities. Adds the City of Portsmouthto the list of economically distressed localities in which a companymay invest to become eligible for certain income tax modifications.Under current law, a company is eligible for such modifications if,among other things, it either (i) invests at least $5 million innew capital investment in a qualified locality and creates at least10 jobs paying at least 150 percent of the minimum wage in a qualifiedlocality or (ii) creates at least 50 jobs paying at least 150 percent of the minimum wage in a qualified locality.
Hemp products; regulation; labeling. Directsthe Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulationsprohibiting the use of the term "CBD" in connection with a hemp product,which current law defines to include any lawful product that containsindustrial hemp, including oil containing an industrial hemp extract.The bill provides that such regulations shall authorize the use ofthe term "H-CBD" or "Hemp CBD" instead. The bill authorizes the Boardto adopt further regulations governing the labeling and marketingof hemp products.
Department of Education; financial literacyobjectives; mathematics Standards of Learning; report. Requiresthe Department of Education to determine and report to the GeneralAssembly no later than December 1, 2020, the feasibility of incorporatingthe Board of Education's student financial literacy objectives intothe appropriate pre-high school mathematics Standards of Learning.
Animal care; zoos and petting zoos; seizureof animals. Raises from reasonable cause to probable cause the standard for a belief that animal cruelty laws are being violatedfor purposes of an application for a search warrant. The bill addsanimals located at a zoo or petting zoo, defined in the bill, to agricultural animals as exceptions to the standards for seizure orimpoundment of companion animals. The bill also requires that beforea seizure can take place at a zoo or petting zoo, a direct and immediatethreat to an animal must exist that cannot be corrected in a reasonabletime or that the owner is unable or unwilling to correct. The billrequires humane investigators to be residents of the Commonwealth.The bill contains technical amendments.
Maintenance and repair of relocated billboardsigns. Provides that existing provisions related to the maintenanceand repair of nonconforming billboard signs do not apply to relocatedbillboard signs.
Product safety; liquid container containingbisphenol A; fund; civil penalty. Prohibits the manufacture,sale, or distribution in the Commonwealth, beginning July 1, 2023,of any container intended for the storage of liquid food or beveragesthat contains the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA). The billimposes certain requirements on any substitute chemical used by amanufacturer in place of BPA. The bill subjects any manufacturerin the Commonwealth that violates any provision of the bill to acivil penalty of $5,000 for a first offense or $10,000 for a secondor subsequent offense, and it directs the funds collected to the Virginia Product Safety Fund, created by the bill. The bill authorizesthe Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulationsto carry out its provisions.
Public elementary schools; instruction; successsequence. Requires each public elementary school principal to ensure that instruction on the importance of the success sequence,which the bill defines as the sequential act of graduating from highschool, securing full-time employment, and marrying before havingchildren and the impact that has on poverty in the United States,is provided at least annually to each student at the grade levelthat the principal deems appropriate. The bill permits such instructionto be incorporated into existing curricula and to be delivered incollaboration with any other entity or individual.
