Packaging Stewardship Program and Fund; StewardshipAdvisory Committee; established. Establishes the Packaging StewardshipProgram, administered by the Department of Environmental Quality. Under the Program, a producer that sells products with packagingmaterials in the Commonwealth pays a fee to the Department based upon the amount of packaging used and whether or not it is easilyrecyclable. A producer may establish an alternative collection programto offset some or all of the fees. The fees are paid into the Packaging Stewardship Fund, established in the bill, and are used to reimburseparticipating localities for expenses related to recycling, investin recycling infrastructure and education, and pay administrativecosts related to the Program. The bill authorizes the Departmentto contract with a third party to administer the Program. The billalso establishes a Stewardship Advisory Committee, with 23 membersappointed by the Director of the Department, to oversee implementationof the Program.
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Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable JohnHowson Rust, Jr.
Department of Historic Resources; the GreenBook. Directs the Department of Historic Resources to developa program to identify, publicize, and educate the public about sitesin the Commonwealth featured in the Green Book.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;landlord obligations; tenant safety. Requires a landlord whoowns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percentinterest in more than four rental dwelling units, to require allemployees and applicants for employment to submit to fingerprintingand provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded alongwith the employee's or applicant's fingerprints through the CentralCriminal Records Exchange and the Federal Bureau of Investigationfor the purpose of obtaining criminal history record informationregarding such employee or applicant. The bill allows a landlordto disqualify from employment any person who has been convicted ofor found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendereto, regardless of adjudication, a violent crime committed in anyjurisdiction. The bill also provides that a landlord must (i) establishwritten policies and procedure for the storage and management of,access to, and return of all keys for each rental dwelling unit;(ii) regulate the secure storage of and access to unissued keys;and (iii) maintain a written log for the issuance and return of allkeys. Finally, pursuant to the bill, all relevant landlords must submit certain information on a quarterly basis to the Department of Housingand Community Development to prove compliance with the provisionsoutlined in the bill.
Family abuse; coercive control; penalty. Makesit a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to engage in coercive control,defined in the bill, of a family or household member. The bill alsoincludes coercive control in the definition of "family abuse" usedfor the basis of the issuance of family abuse protective orders.
Commending the Richmond Free Press.
Celebrating the life of Firefighter ChristopherGeorge Griffin.
Board of Medicine; implicit bias and culturalcompetency. Requires all practitioners licensed by the Boardof Medicine to complete two hours of continuing education in eachbiennium on topics related to implicit bias and cultural competency.
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Requiresthe Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to take certain actionsupon the finding that an individual died from Sudden Unexpected Deathin Epilepsy (SUDEP). The bill directs the Office of the Chief MedicalExaminer to publish information on SUDEP and a SUDEP death investigationform on its website. Additionally, the bill requires the Chief MedicalExaminer and local medical examiners to complete training providedby The Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia. The bill has a delayed effectivedate of January 1, 2023.