Del. Paul Krizek

Special Assistant to the Governor for DisabilityRights Advocacy; position created; report. Creates the positionof Special Assistant to the Governor for Disability Rights Advocacy (the Special Assistant) for the purpose of representing Virginianswith disabilities in a comprehensive and authoritative manner byensuring that all state agencies provide adequate services, resources,and accommodations to such persons. The bill directs the SpecialAssistant to submit an annual report to the Governor on or beforeDecember 1, through the Secretary of Health and Human Resources,that (i) outlines the key issues and problems discovered within stateagencies that impact people with disabilities; (ii) identifies thedetails of any plan of action implemented by the Special Assistantto address and remediate such issues and problems; (iii) provideslegislative recommendations that would improve processes and proceduresacross all state agencies with regard to the provision of services, resources, and accommodations to people with disabilities; and (iv)details such other matters as required by the Governor.

Consultation with federally recognized TribalNations; permits and reviews with potential impacts on environmental,cultural, and historic resources. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Environmental Quality,the Department of Historic Resources, and the Virginia Marine ResourcesCommission to establish policies and procedures for consulting withfederally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth when evaluating certain permits and reviews with potential impacts on environmental,cultural, or historic resources or that would have tribal implications,as defined in the bill. The bill directs the Secretary of the Commonwealthto designate an Ombudsman for Tribal Consultation to facilitate communicationand consultation with Tribal Nations. The bill codifies ExecutiveOrder 82 (2021).

Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; notice; saleof manufactured home park. Changes from 180 days to 270 daysthe notice period a landlord has to give to a tenant before the sale of a manufactured home park.

Students who need or use augmentative and alternative communication; instruction; eligibility; staff training. Provides that no student who needs or uses augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), which the bill defines as any device, tool, support, or service, or any combination thereof, that facilitates any form of communication, other than oral speech, that can be used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas, shall be denied the opportunity for inclusion in regular classrooms or the provision of age-appropriate instruction on the basis that such student may require support with AAC. The bill prohibits any individualized education program team, member of such team, or school division employee from utilizing the results of any intelligence quotient test or any other test to measure intelligence or cognitive ability to determine a student with a disability's eligibility to be provided with and use AAC at school. The bill requires each school division to document on the individualized education program of a student with a disability who needs or uses AAC, beginning prior to the provision of instruction or support to the student, including any extended school year period, the student's AAC and communication access and support needs, including, as appropriate, individualized training as an assistive technology service for each school division employee or contractor who provides instruction or direct support to such student, to support the student's use of AAC and to ensure that curricula and instruction are designed or adapted as necessary to accommodate the student's unique communication access needs.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable LinwoodA. Holton, Jr.

Celebrating the life of Jameel Jalal Abed.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Horse racing tax. Provides that 0.01 percentof the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools shall be deposited in the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund. The bill reduces from 0.75 percent to0.74 percent the percentage of such retained amount that accrues to the general fund.

Study; JLARC;whether a stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for morefocused oversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealthand alleviate potential conflicts of interest; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study whethera stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for more focusedoversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth and alleviatepotential conflicts of interest by (i) evaluating whether the currentoversight and regulatory structure of the different types of legalgaming result in varying compliance standards with regard to similargaming devices which could unintentionally cause a competitive advantageto one industry over another; (ii) reporting on the current costsfor each existing gaming oversight agency to regulate the gaming forwhich it is responsible; (iii) determining whether the overall coststo oversee, regulate, and enforce violations of legal gaming in theCommonwealth would be lower if all such types of gaming were housedunder a stand-alone gaming oversight agency; (iv) conducting researchto determine potential methods of housing, and the steps necessaryto house, all legalized gaming under a stand-alone gaming oversightagency; and (v) determining the potential necessity for and specific composition of a centralized gaming oversight board that would best ensure compliance with ethical requirements and a substantial decreasein the number of potential conflicts of interest.

Study; necessity for and feasibility of creationof a unified gaming commission; report. Establishes an eight-member,one-year joint subcommittee to study the necessity for and feasibilityof the creation of a unified gaming commission to oversee, regulate,and enforce violations of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth.