Del. Chris L. Hurst

Celebrating the life of Dr. James I. Robertson,Jr.

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.

Policies against workplace harassment; legislative branch. Requires each legislative branch agency to adopt and implement the Commonwealth Workplace Harassment Policy established by the Department of Human Resource Management. The bill provides that the Policy applies to legislative branch employees, including General Assembly members and members-elect, when undertaking meetings with other state employees, contract employees, applicants for employment, customers, vendors, members of the media, members of the public, volunteers, or lobbyists or when conducting or performing election activities in the scope of official duties.Under the bill, a victim of alleged workplace harassment will be able to file a complaint against a legislative branch employee, other than a member of the General Assembly, in accordance with the procedures of the Policy or with the Division of Human Rights in the Office of the Attorney General. The Division of Human Rights is authorized to investigate the complaint and use any other powers with regard to the complaint granted to it under law. The bill requires each house of the General Assembly to adopt rules governing procedures and disciplinary sanctions for General Assembly members and members-elect violating policies against workplace harassment.The 2018 Session of the General Assembly enacted legislation requiring full-time legislative branch employees to complete a sexual harassment training course once every two calendar years beginning January 1, 2020. In addition to other differences, this bill broadens the scope of training for legislative branch employees and provides for punitive damages if a party complaining of workplace harassment demonstrates that the defendant engaged in a discriminatory practice with malice or reckless indifference. The bill contains a reenactment clause and has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

Commending the Division of Capitol Police.

Registered lobbyists; sexual harassment training. Requires lobbyists registered with the Secretary ofthe Commonwealth to complete the sexual harassment training courseprovided by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Delegates orthe Office of the Clerk of the Senate once every two calendar years.The bill requires lobbyists to provide a certificate of completionof the training that is not more than two years old to the VirginiaConflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council in order to completetheir registrations. The bill has a delayed effective date of May1, 2021, to coincide with the start of the 2021-2022 lobbying year.

Commending the Division of Capitol Police.

Celebrating the life of Samuel Hughes Melton,M.D.

Commending Kenneth Neal Turner.

Commending Robert Eugene Foster, Jr.

Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.