Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium AssistanceProgram; emergency. Expands eligibility for participation inthe Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program toinclude dairy producers who have an approved Natural Resource ConservationService nutrient management or soil health plan developed by an approvedplanner. The bill also changes the application deadline from February1 to May 15 each year and includes an emergency clause.
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Historic preservation. Provides that thefiling of a historic designation application shall stay a localityfrom issuing any permit to raze or demolish a proposed historic landmark,building, or structure until 30 days after the rendering of the finaldecision of the governing body of the locality. The bill also specifies that the affected property owner, the applicant, or any residentof the locality who provided public input on the locality's historicdistrict plan may appeal to the circuit court for review of any finaldecision of the governing body pursuant to such application.
Department of Historic Resources; the GreenBook. Directs the Department of Historic Resources to developa program to identify, publicize, and educate the public about sitesin the Commonwealth featured in the Green Book.
Commission on Social Media; report. Establishesthe 20-member Commission on Social Media in the legislative branchto study and make recommendations on the impacts and harms to citizenscaused by social media platforms hosting or amplifying content thatincludes threats or suggestions of physical violence or danger towardscitizens, institutions, groups, associations, or physical structuresof the Commonwealth by studying the impact of dangerous and violentrhetoric, threats, harassment, doxing, intimidation, misinformation,disinformation, defamation, and deceptive practices and the impactof certain practices by social media companies such as algorithmicamplification and targeted advertising on citizens. The bill requiresthe Commission to report annually to the General Assembly on itsactivities. The bill provides that the Commission will sunset onJuly 1, 2025.
Celebrating the life of Jameel Jalal Abed.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable HarryRussell Potts, Jr.
Personal property tax; farm machinery and farmimplements. Provides that a locality may exempt from tangiblepersonal property taxes certain farm machinery and farm implements,which shall include (i) freezer and refrigeration equipment for storageand sale of on-farm-produced meat, produce, and grain and (ii) season-extendingvegetable hoop houses used for in-field production of produce.
Celebrating the life of Officer Michael D. Chandler.
Commending George Mason University.