Commending Marie Ridder.
Del. Charniele Herring
Sponsored bills
Commending Blake Corum.
Commending the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Commending Trinity United Methodist Church.
Alcohol safety action program; local administrativefee. Provides that any county, city, or town, or any combinationthereof, that has established and operates an alcohol safety actionprogram and supplements fees collected for the program pursuant togeneral law by more than 33 percent annually in order to fully fundthe program may charge a local administrative fee of no more than$100 to each person entering such program.
Marijuana; criminal penalties. Modifiesseveral criminal penalties related to marijuana, imposes limits ondissemination of criminal history record information related to certainmarijuana offenses, and provides a petition process for any personwho has been sentenced to jail or to the custody of the Departmentof Corrections for a marijuana offense to seek a resentencing hearing.The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
Content manufacturing tax credit. Removes the sunset for the motion picture tax credit, which currently is set to expire after taxable year 2026, and expands and redesignates the tax credit as the content manufacturing tax credit. The bill increases the total amount of credits that can be allocated to taxpayers to $46.5 million beginning in fiscal year 2024; however, should less than $100 million worth of certain new investments, as described by the bill, occur in Virginia by January 1, 2027, the cap will be reduced to $10 million per fiscal year. The bill also amends the definition of the "qualifying expenses" eligible for the content manufacturing tax credit to mean certain amounts spent in connection with the production of an eligible project filmed in the Commonwealth. The bill defines "eligible project" to be the production of a motion picture or an episodic television series.
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2027. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2026. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program.
Commending the City of Alexandria.
Celebrating the life of Karen Harrison Jones.