Del. Ellen Campbell

Celebrating the life of Firefighter ChristopherGeorge Griffin.

Commending Ernest Cash.

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty.Creates the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The Act prohibitsan abortion after 20 weeks gestation unless, in reasonable medicaljudgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her medicalcondition as to necessitate the abortion to avert her death or toavert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairmentof a major bodily function. When an abortion is not prohibited post-20weeks' gestation, the physician or authorized nurse practitioner is required to terminate the pregnancy in a manner that would providethe unborn child the best opportunity to survive. The bill punishes performance of an abortion in violation of the Act as a Class 6felony. The bill also provides for civil remedies against a physicianor authorized nurse practitioner who performs an abortion in violationof the Act.

COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement;discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissionerand the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatoryboard therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiringany person, including any child, to undergo vaccination for COVID-19and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccinationstatus (i) with regard to education, employment, or issuance of adriver's license or other state identification or (ii) in numerous other contexts.

Commending Weldon Edwards.

Pensions; loss of benefits for certain felonyconvictions. Provides that a law-enforcement officer shall notlose his benefits in any retirement system administered by the Boardof Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System upon being convictedof a felony, unless such felony was (i) the result of gross negligenceor intentional misconduct by such officer or (ii) resulted in anypecuniary benefit for such officer.

School boards; parental notification of certainthreats, behavior, and unlawful acts; panic alarms. Requires,within four hours of receiving notification of (i) a preliminarydetermination by the threat assessment team that a student posesa threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; (ii) threateningor aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the school; or(iii) unlawful acts committed on school property, on a school bus,or at a school-sponsored activity that involve the unlawful use orpossession of a weapon, homicide, criminal sexual assault, or trespassing,each division superintendent to notify the parent of each studentenrolled in the relevant school of such threat, threatening or aberrantbehavior, or unlawful act. The bill requires each school board toequip each public elementary and secondary school building in thelocal school division with at least one panic alarm that adheresto nationally recognized industry standards, including the standardsof the National Fire Protection Association and Underwriters Laboratories,and is installed by a licensed and qualified professional. The billdefines "panic alarm" as a silent security system by which the usermanually activates a device that sends a non-audible signal to thelocal law-enforcement agency that indicates a school security emergency,including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation,that requires immediate response and assistance from such agency.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Commending the Honorable Mark Cole.

Commending Robert Casto.