Public schools; severe weather conditions andother emergency situations; unscheduled remote learning days. Providesthat when severe weather conditions or other emergency situationshave resulted in the closing of any school in a school division forin-person instruction, the school division may declare an unscheduledremote learning day whereby the school provides synchronous or asynchronousinstruction, or some combination thereof, to all students in theschool in lieu of in-person instruction without a reduction in theamount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund, providedthat the school division has established an unscheduled remote learningday plan that ensures that every student is provided instruction and services on such unscheduled remote learning day that are comparablein quality to the instruction and services provided to learners onany other remote learning day.
Del. Joe McNamara
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Celebrating the life of Robert George Wingfield.
Celebrating the life of Michael Wayne Woods.
Celebrating the life of Joseph Charles LaRocco.
Study; Secretary of Commerce and Trade; effectsof daylight saving time on the Commonwealth; report. Requeststhe Secretary of Commerce and Trade to study the effects of the Commonwealth'scontinued observance of daylight saving time under the federal UniformTime Act of 1966 and the potential consequences of a decision touse either standard time or daylight saving time year-round in the Commonwealth.
Assault and battery or threats of bodily injury;sports official; penalty. Provides that if any person commitsa simple assault or assault and battery against another knowing orhaving reason to know that such other person is a sports officialwho is (i) engaged in the performance of his duties as such duringa sports event or (ii) on the premises where a sports event is heldimmediately preceding or following a sports event, such person isguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that thesentence of such person, upon conviction, shall include a mandatory minimum fine of $500 and such person shall be prohibited from comingwithin 50 feet of the premises where any sports event is held inthe Commonwealth an hour prior to the beginning of the sports event,during the sports event, and an hour following the conclusion ofthe sports event for one year. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanorto orally make a threat to kill or do bodily injury to any sportsofficial who is engaged in the performance of his duties as suchduring a sports event or on the premises where a sports event is held immediately preceding or following the sports event. The bill defines"sports event" and "sports official."
Board for Contractors; necessity for license;exemption for work on certain state-owned emergency power generators. Exempts from licensure and certification requirements persons biddingupon or performing services on a public contract with a unit of stategovernment or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth relatedto the maintenance or repair of natural gas, propane, gasoline, or diesel-powered engines used as emergency power generators.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable AugustusBenton Chafin, Jr.
Income tax; rolling conformity with the InternalRevenue Code. Provides that, beginning with taxable year 2021,Virginia shall generally conform to federal tax laws on a rollingbasis, meaning that Virginia tax laws incorporate changes to theInternal Revenue Code as soon as Congress enacts them. However, thebill provides that, unless subsequently adopted by the General Assembly,Virginia shall not conform to any amendments to the Internal RevenueCode that have an impact of more than 0.25 percent on general fundrevenues in the fiscal year in which the amendment was enacted orany of the next four fiscal years. The Secretary of Finance, in consultationwith the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriationsand the House Committees on Appropriations and Finance, shall beresponsible for determining when an amendment meets these criteria.The Secretary of Finance shall also provide an annual report to suchchairmen on the fiscal impact of amendments to the Internal RevenueCode.