Del. John Avoli

Commending Major Wayne R. Lee, Jr., USA, Ret.

Abolition Day. Designating December 6,in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Abolition Day in Virginia.

Special license plates; NOT FORGOTTEN. Authorizesthe issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supportersof Americans listed as prisoners of war or missing in action bearingthe legend NOT FORGOTTEN. The bill requires that the design of suchplate incorporate the POW/MIA Flag as designated by the federal NationalPOW/MIA Flag Act. The bill exempts these special license plates fromthe requirement to obtain 450 prepaid applications for such plate.The bill provides that some of the license plate fees will be depositedin the POW/MIA Fund, established within the Department of Accounts,and paid annually to the National League of Families of American Prisonersand Missing in Southeast Asia and used to support its operation andprograms in Virginia.

Alerts for missing veterans who have a service-relatedhealth condition.

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. DesignatesMay, in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Cystic Fibrosis AwarenessMonth in Virginia.

Hearing notice by localities. Expands fromonly localities in Planning District 23 to all localities a provisionthat provides that in any instance in which a locality has submitted a timely notice of public hearing to a newspaper published or havinggeneral circulation in the locality and the newspaper fails to publishthe notice, such locality shall be deemed to have met certain noticerequirements so long as the notice was published in the next availableedition. Under current law, this provision that was created by the2020 Regular Session and only applies to localities in Planning District23 will expire on July 1, 2022. The provision in the bill as itapplies to all localities will also expire on July 1, 2022.

Minimum wage; exception. Provides that theminimum wage requirements of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act do not apply to any person who provides fire or emergency medical servicesfor a fire company or nongovernmental emergency medical servicesagency.

Commonwealth Broadband Chief Advisor; broadbandservice territory maps. Requires the Commonwealth Broadband ChiefAdvisor to develop and maintain a map of private broadband providerservice territories, including accurate average broadband speeds insuch territories. The map shall be updated yearly and be made availableto the public.

Special license plates; certain military declarations; fees. Removes the fee for one special license plate for one motorvehicle owned and used by an applicant who has been awarded the BronzeStar, Bronze Star with a "V" for valor, or the Silver Star. The billprovides that the applicant will be charged the typical fee for statelicense plates for any such additional special license plates.

Study; Secretary of Health and Human Resources; pharmaceutical distribution payment system; report. Requeststhe Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work groupto examine the pharmaceutical distribution payment system in the Commonwealth and innovative solutions to address the cost of prescriptiondrugs to Virginians at the point of sale.