Del. David Reid

Celebrating the life of Annie Walker.

Commending John George Psaris.

Commending the Capitol Area Telugu Society.

Commending Daniel M. Gade.

Financial reports by retirement systems; annualdisclosures. Requires retirement systems to provide disclosuresdescribing the process and criteria used for selecting third-partyfund managers, advisers, or consultants and other persons providingservices to the retirement system. Such information shall be includedin a retirement system's annual report.

Divorce; cruelty, reasonable apprehension ofbodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment; divorce from bedand board. Eliminates the one-year waiting period for being decreeda divorce on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodilyhurt, or willful desertion or abandonment by either party. The billalso repeals the provision allowing for a divorce from bed and boardon the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt,or willful desertion or abandonment. The provisions of the bill applyto suits for divorce filed on or after July 1, 2024.

Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.

Public secondary schools; naloxone procurement, possession, and administration; school board employee training and certification; opioid overdose prevention and reversal instruction; guidelines and requirements. Requires each local school board to develop, in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Department of Health in collaboration with the Department of Education, plans and policies for each secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 relating to opioid overdose prevention and reversal, including: (i) the procurement, storage, and maintenance of at least two unexpired doses of naloxone at each such secondary school; (ii) the possession and administration of naloxone by school board employees authorized to and trained and certified in the administration of naloxone and the employment of at least one such school board employee at each such secondary school; and (iii) the development and implementation of an opioid overdose prevention and reversal program of instruction to be completed by each student as a part of the high school graduation requirements.The bill also requires each local school board to place at least two doses of naloxone in every public secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 in the local school division and to provide replacement doses as necessary. The bill requires each such secondary school to, pursuant to the policies developed by the Department of Health and the Department of Education, (a) ensure that at least one faculty or staff member is authorized to and trained and certified in the administration of naloxone and (b) provide an opioid overdose prevention and reversal program of instruction to be completed by each student as a high school graduation requirement. In addition, the bill modifies the school board employees who are authorized to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists to include any school board employee who has completed training and is certified in the administration of naloxone by an organization authorized by DBHDS to provide such training and certification. Current law limits such authorization to school nurses or school board employees contracted by a school board to provide school health services.Finally, the bill directs the Department of Health and the Department of Education to collaborate to develop guidelines and policies for the implementation of the provisions of the bill and for the Department of Education to submit such guidelines to the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by January 1, 2025. The bill requires such guidelines and policies to be implemented by each school board by the beginning of the 2026–2027 school year.

Attorney fees; judgments, compensation, ormonetary awards related to veterans. Prohibits an attorney fromcharging, demanding, receiving, or collecting for services renderedfees in excess of 10 percent of any judgment, compensation, or monetaryaward granted to a veteran or the family member of a veteran, orthe legal representative of such individual, related to the veteran'sservice in the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard, including any judgment, compensation, or monetary award grantedpursuant to the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. The bill providesthat an attorney who violates such prohibition shall be fined notmore than $5,000 and may be subject to disciplinary action by theVirginia State Bar.