Virginia Minimum Wage Act; exemption. Removesthe exemption from the Virginia Minimum Wage Act for persons employedin domestic service or in or about a private home or in an eleemosynaryinstitution primarily supported by public funds.
Local regulation of pet shops. Authorizesa locality to regulate or restrict by ordinance the acquisition,marketing, and sale of animals in a pet shop. Such ordinance maydistinguish between certain types of pet shops and include provisionsfor special licensing, inspections, reporting, or restrictions onthe sale of certain types of animals. The bill also includes variousexisting statewide provisions related to pet shops in the list of sections for which a locality may adopt parallel or more stringentordinances.
Naloxone; possession and administration. Provides that, notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, any person may possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose. This bill was incorporated into HB 908.
Naloxone; possession and administration; employee or person acting on behalf of a public place. Provides that an employee or other person acting on behalf of a public place who has completed a training program on the administration of naloxone or other opioid antagonist may possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health. The bill defines "public place" as any area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by a public or private interest. This bill was incorporated into HB 908.
Memorializing the Congress of the United Statesto support the Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019. Urges the Congress of the United States to support S. 2886 and H.R. 5141, theHumane Cosmetics Act of 2019.
Teachers in certain schools for students with disabilities; provisional licenses; extension. Requires the Board of Education to extend for at least one additional year, but for no more than two additional years, the three-year provisional license of a teacher employed in a school for students with disabilities that is licensed by the Board upon receiving from the school administrator of such school (i) a recommendation for such extension and (ii) satisfactory performance evaluations for such teacher for each year of the original three-year provisional license. The provisions of the bill mirror current law relating to the extension of provisional licenses for public school teachers. This bill was incorporated into HB 1469.
Transient occupancy tax; Clarke County.Adds Clarke County to the list of counties that may impose a transientoccupancy tax at a rate above two percent, but not to exceed fivepercent. The revenue attributable to a rate in excess of two percentshall be used solely for tourism and travel purposes. Current lawallows all counties to impose a transient occupancy tax at a ratenot to exceed two percent.
County food and beverage tax; maximum rate.Provides that the county food and beverage tax may be increased toequal the highest rate imposed by an adjacent city if such rate ishigher than four percent. Under current law, the maximum food andbeverage tax rate for counties is four percent.
Local authority to restrict nutrient creditusage. Authorizes the governing body of any locality, by ordinance,to restrict the total nutrient credits that are generated in thelocality and used in an adjacent eight-digit hydrologic unit codeor fourth order subbasin to comply with stormwater nonpoint nutrientrunoff water quality criteria.
Board of Pharmacy; information about naloxone.Directs the Board of Pharmacy to include in each annual license renewalcommunication information about the dispensing, possession, and administration of naloxone or other opioid antagonist, includinginformation about laws governing the dispensing, possession, andadministration of naloxone or other opioid antagonist and civil immunityfor individuals who administer naloxone or other opioid antagonistto a person believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose.
