Del. David Reid

Retail Small Business Grant Program and Fund.Establishes the Retail Small Business Grant Program and Fund to supportexisting Virginia small businesses, attract new businesses, increasethe Commonwealth's tax base, create new job opportunities for Virginiaresidents, and enhance commercial activity in Virginia. The billprovides that an eligible Virginia small business, defined in thebill, is eligible for grants of up to $50,000. The total amount ofgrants awarded in a fiscal year is capped at $10 million.

Economic development; incentives to attractknowledge workers. Provides, for taxable years 2022 through 2027,an income tax deduction for 50 percent of the amount a qualified knowledge worker, defined in the bill, pays for residential highspeed internet access or $600, whichever is less. The bill providesa tax credit for qualified knowledge workers for the purchase ofa residential electric vehicle charger, in an amount equal to 50percent of the former federal tax credit for an electric vehiclecharger. The bill also provides an income tax credit for qualifiedknowledge workers in an amount equal to the sales tax paid for upto $5,000 of certain computer equipment. For the deduction and bothcredits, the amounts provided are doubled if the qualified knowledgeworker resides in a locality that has lost more than 10 percent ofits population since the 2010 census. Qualified knowledge workeris defined in the bill as an individual who establishes new domicilein Virginia and who possesses advanced skills in the field of information technology, including network engineers, software developers, datascientists, and artificial intelligence, machine learning, or quantumcomputing professionals. The bill provides that no more than $1 millionin credits shall be issued in any taxable year and that such creditsshall be allocated evenly between distressed and non-distressed localities.

Teacher Training Corps; report. Establishesthe Teacher Training Corps for the purpose of attracting and retainingpublic elementary and secondary school teachers in school divisionsin the Commonwealth by awarding scholarships to students who obtainteaching degrees and certifications at participating institutionsand requiring such students to fill teacher positions for specifiedperiods of time at high-needs schools, as defined in the bill, andmeet other requirements. The bill also establishes the Teacher TrainingCorps Scholarship Fund and Program for the purpose of funding such scholarships at the participating institutions of Longwood University,Norfolk State University, Radford University, and Virginia CommonwealthUniversity. Finally, the bill establishes the 12-member Teacher TrainingCorps Commission to administer the Teacher Training Corps Scholarship Program and directs the Commission to begin meeting on or after September1, 2022, establish the parameters for the Program, and award thefirst scholarships pursuant to the Program prior to the beginningof the 2023-2024 academic year.

Tribal nations; acknowledging harmful historyand policies in the Commonwealth. Expresses the sense of theHouse of Delegates in acknowledging with profound regret the existence, acceptance, and perpetuation of the dispossession of lands and theracist and assimilationist policies designed to erase the identity,culture, and sovereignty of tribal nations in the Commonwealth.

Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable JohnHowson Rust, Jr.

Celebrating the life of Mildred Fayette OdomGraves.

Commending the Richmond Free Press.

Celebrating the life of Firefighter ChristopherGeorge Griffin.

Hospital regulations; policies and proceduresrelated to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Requireshospitals to develop and implement written policies and proceduresrelated to the screening and treatment of victims of domestic violenceand sexual assault.