Del. Sam Rasoul

Disorderly conduct in public places; school activities. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor for disrupting willfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, the operation of any school or any school activity conducted or sponsored by any school if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed. This bill was incorporated into HB 256.

Celebrating the life of Harry Clarke Curtis.

Commending the Washington Nationals.

Constitution of the United States; Equal RightsAmendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitutionof the United States that was proposed by Congress in 1972. The jointresolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendmentremains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expirationof the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause,as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.

Workers' compensation; retaliatory dischargeof employee. Prohibits an employer or other person from dischargingan employee if the discharge is motivated to any extent by knowledgeor belief that the employee has filed a claim or taken or intendsto take certain other actions under the Virginia Workers' CompensationAct. Currently, retaliatory discharges are prohibited only if theemployer or other person discharged an employee solely because theemployee has taken or intends to take such an action.

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensabilityfor certain diseases. Adds cancers of the colon, brain, and testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupationaldisease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefightersand certain employees develop the cancer.

Ultrasound prior to abortion; physician civil penalty exemption. Provides that no physician shall be subject to a civil penalty for failure to perform or supervise the performance of the ultrasound imaging required prior to an abortion if, in his medical judgment, such ultrasound imaging is not medically necessary. Currently, any physician who violates any provision of the abortion informed consent statute is subject to a $2,500 civil penalty. This bill was incorporated into HB 980.

Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.Requires health insurers, on and after January 1, 2021, to providecoverage for low-dose screening mammograms at rates that are more frequent than is currently required if the covered individual hasa family history of breast cancer. If the individual has a familyhistory of breast cancer, the bill requires coverage for annual mammogramsfrom age 30 through 49 and biannual mammograms starting at age 50.However, the age at which such coverage of annual mammograms startsshall be younger than 30 if the covered individual's mother was diagnosedwith breast cancer at an age earlier than 40, in which event coveragestarts during the year that the individual attains an age that is10 years younger than the age of the individual's mother at thetime of her diagnosis.

Campaign finance; prohibited contributions tocandidates. Prohibits any candidate from soliciting or acceptinga contribution from any public service corporation, as defined in§ 56-1, or any political action committee established and administeredby such a corporation.

Secretary of Education; establishment of Collegeand Career Readiness Steering Committee. Requires the Secretaryof Education to establish a 21-member College and Career ReadinessSteering Committee to (i) develop and oversee implementation of a strategic plan for ensuring that all students in the Commonwealth,and particularly subgroups of students who have been historicallyunderserved, graduate from high school (a) meeting the requirementsfor an advanced studies diploma, (b) having had the opportunityto participate and succeed in pathways that integrate rigorous academicinstruction aligned with the Standards of Learning, including career and technical education, work-based learning, wraparound services,and opportunities to earn credit for postsecondary education whileenrolled in high school, and (c) having had a high school experiencethat is aligned with expectations for postsecondary education andemployer demand and (ii) provide certain recommendations, guidance,leadership, goals, and assistance relating to the implementationof such strategic plan.