Commending Peter A. Blake.
Del. Kathy Tran
Sponsored bills
Commending Technical Sergeant Jacquelyn N. Montoya,VA ANG.
Commending Staff Sergeant Britney Phillips,VA ANG.
Celebrating the life of Michelle Antonette Leete.
Commending Senior Airman Kostiantyn Khymchenko,USAF.
Information Technology Access Act; digital accessibility. Makes numerous organizational changes to the Information TechnologyAccess Act. The bill defines "information and communications technology"as it relates to digital accessibility, defined in the bill, forall persons with disabilities. The bill permits the head of eachcovered entity, defined in the bill, to designate an employee toserve as such covered entity's digital accessibility coordinatorand provides that such digital accessibility coordinator is responsiblefor developing and implementing such covered entity's digital accessibilitypolicy. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
Firearm locking device required for sale ortransfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty.Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensedimporter, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearmto any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer,or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a lockingdevice for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning,in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a labelaffixed to the firearm and on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be lockedand kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminalliability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions forlaw-enforcement and governmental agencies.
Black Maternal Health Week. Designates April11 through April 17, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as BlackMaternal Health Week in Virginia.
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness. Designates May, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness in Virginia.
Nepali American Heritage Day. DesignatesApril 15, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Nepali American Heritage Day in Virginia.