Rep. Chris Runion

Milk; definition; misbranding; prohibition. Defines "milk" as the lacteal secretion of a healthy hooved mammal and provides that a food product is unlawfully misbranded if its label states that it is milk and it fails to meet such definition, except for human breast milk. The bill directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to implement a plan to ban all products misbranded as milk. The bill does not become effective until six months after the enactment, on or before October 1, 2029, of a similar act in any 11 of 14 specified states.

Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; small business grant funds. Repeals the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program. Under the bill, any cash balances in the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund will be transferred to the Small Business Investment Grant Fund. The bill decreases the amount of an eligible grant under the Small Business Investment Grant Fund from the lesser of 50 percent of the qualified investment or $50,000 to the lesser of 25 percent of the qualified investment or $50,000. The bill also allows the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority to utilize the any cash balances transferred from the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund to the Small Business Investment Grant Fund to implement a grant program for certain small businesses affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic public health crisis during the period for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Health insurance program for local governmentemployees; transit companies. Adds employees of a transit companyto the definition of "employees of local governments" for the purposesof the Commonwealth's health insurance program for local governmentemployees. The bill defines "transit company" as a public servicecorporation wholly owned by a locality, or combination of localities,that provides public transportation services.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute oflimitations on actions on construction contracts; statute of limitationson actions on performance bonds. Provides that no action maybe brought by a public body on any construction, architectural, orengineering contract, including construction management and design-buildcontracts, unless such action is brought within five years aftercompletion of the work on the project, and provides that no action may be brought by a public body on a warranty or guaranty in suchconstruction contract more than one year from the breach of thatwarranty, but in no event more than one year after the expirationof such warranty or guaranty. The bill also limits the time frameduring which a public body may bring an action against a surety ona performance bond to within one year after completion of the workon the project. Current law allows a public body, other than theDepartment of Transportation, to bring such an action within oneyear after (i) completion of the contract, including the expiration of all warranties and guaranties, or (ii) discovery of the defector breach of warranty that gave rise to the action. The bill contains technical amendments.

Commending Western Albemarle High School athletics.

Commending Bob F. Holton.

Commemorating the life and legacy of Boaz Fleming.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable CharlesHenry Duff, Jr.

Commending Rosa B. Price.

Celebrating the life of Lorine Bernice AllenJordan.