Del. Marcus Simon

Prohibited public carrying of certain firearms;penalty. Prohibits the carrying of a loaded shotgun or riflein places open to the public in certain cities and counties. Currentlaw prohibits the carrying in such locations of certain loaded firearmswith high-capacity magazines, silencers, folding stock, or long ammunitionor a loaded shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than sevenrounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered. The billalso eliminates a current exception to the prohibition on carrying such firearms in places open to the public for persons having a validconcealed handgun permit.

Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possessionof undetectable firearms; penalty. Creates a Class 5 felony forany person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possessesany firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component,defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm by the typesof detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening. The bill updates language regardingthe types of detection devices that are used at airports for detectingplastic firearms.

Protective orders in cases of family abuse;definition of family abuse; identity theft. Includes acts ofidentity theft committed against a person's family or household memberin the definition of "family abuse" for purposes of the issuanceof protective orders in cases of family abuse. The bill containstechnical amendments.

Free use of toll facilities; teachers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel. Authorizes any teacher employed by a public school district, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel to use all toll bridges, toll ferries, toll tunnels, and toll roads in the Commonwealth without the payment of toll while traveling between his place of residence and his place of employment.

Public campaign financing; counties and citiesmay establish for certain offices. Authorizes the governing bodyof a county or city to establish by ordinance a system of publiccampaign financing for elected local offices. The bill specifiescertain requirements for a system of public campaign financing establishedby a governing body, including the provision of a public electionfund to be administered by the treasurer of the county or city. Asystem of public campaign financing established by a county or cityis permitted to more stringently regulate the campaign finance activity of participating candidates and shall be subject to regulation andoversight by the State Board of Elections to ensure its conformitywith state law and policy to the extent practicable.

Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; thelow use of geriatric parole; report. Directs the Virginia StateCrime Commission to study the low use of geriatric parole and theappropriate structure for increasing the use of geriatric parole.

Juveniles; trial as adult. Increases from14 years of age to 16 years of age the minimum age at which a juvenilecan be tried as an adult in circuit court for a felony.

Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administera paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2023. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program isprovided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginningin 2022. The amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee'saverage weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weeklywage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflectchanges in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps theduration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The billprovides self-employed individuals the option of participating inthe program.

Health insurance; coverage for diabetes. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to include coverage for insulin, certain equipment,certain supplies, regular foot care and eye care exams, and up tothree in-person outpatient self-management training and educationvisits upon an individual's initial diagnosis of diabetes and upto two such visits upon a significant change in an individual's condition.The bill provides greater specificity than the current law requiringcoverage for equipment, supplies, and self-management training andeducation visits. The bill also provides that benefits or servicesrequired for the treatment of diabetes is exempt from any deductible.The provisions apply to any insurance policy, contract, or plan delivered,issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on and after January 1, 2021, or at any time thereafter when any term of the policy, contract,or plan is changed or any premium adjustment is made.

Virginia National Guard; state active duty for emergency response; pay and allowances for members. Establishes rates of pay and allowances for members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.