Litter tax. Repeals the annual litter tax.The bill does not affect any litter tax levied prior to July 1, 2020.
State sales and use tax in the Historic Triangle;sunset; referendum. Repeals the additional state sales tax imposedin the Historic Triangle on July 1, 2026, unless the tax is affirmedby voters in a referendum held in the City of Williamsburg and theCounties of James City and York.
Constitutional amendment (voter referendum);reapportionment; technical adjustments permitted. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2020, election to approve or rejectan amendment that would allow the General Assembly to make technicaladjustments to legislative election district boundaries in the periodbetween decennial reapportionments, provided that the adjustment'ssole purpose is to align legislative election district boundarieswith the boundaries of voting precincts established in counties andcities.
Child abuse and neglect; valid report or complaint;alleged abuser. Requires a local department of social servicesto conduct an investigation or family assessment when, among otherthings, a report or complaint of child abuse or neglect is receivedin which the alleged abuser (i) is the child's relative by blood,marriage, or adoption; (ii) is the child's caretaker or has supervisorycontrol over such child; or (iii) resides or is regularly presentin the same household as the child. The bill also amends the definitionof "abused or neglected child" to accommodate this directive. Undercurrent law, local departments are only required to conduct an investigationor family assessment when the alleged abuser is the child's parentor other caretaker.
Group Violence Intervention Board; Divisionof Group Violence Intervention; Project Ceasefire Grant Fund; ProjectExile Grant Fund. Establishes the Group Violence InterventionBoard to coordinate and assist federal, state, and local group violenceintervention efforts. The bill also establishes within the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services (the Department) the Division of Group Violence Intervention (the Division), to be headed by an executivedirector appointed by the Director of the Department. The bill providesthat the Division is responsible for (i) coordinating the effortsof members of state and local law enforcement, community members,and social services providers to combat group violence; (ii) serving as a clearinghouse for research, best practices, and strategies thatmay be utilized in the implementation, execution, and evaluationof group violence interventions; and (iii) implementing and administeringvarious federal, state, and local grant funds that aid group violenceintervention efforts. Finally, the bill creates the Project CeasefireGrant Fund, which provides money to organizations that are involvedin group violence intervention efforts, and creates the Project ExileGrant Fund, which provides money to organizations that assist formergang members or individuals attempting to leave gangs.
Constitutional amendment (second resolution);reapportionment; technical adjustments permitted. Gives the GeneralAssembly the authority to make technical adjustments to legislative electoral district boundaries following the enactment of any decennial reapportionment law. Such adjustments may be made solely for thepurpose of causing legislative electoral district boundaries to coincidewith the boundaries of voting precincts established in the countiesand cities and shall be permitted only to the extent necessary toaccomplish this purpose. Any change made shall be consistent withany criteria for legislative electoral districts adopted for thepreceding decennial redistricting.
Possession, purchase, and transport of certainfirearms in certain localities; withholding state funds. Allowsa person to lawfully possess, purchase, or transport a firearm orfirearms magazine that he would otherwise be lawfully permitted to possess, purchase, or transport on January 1, 2020, while he isin a locality that has adopted or enforced any ordinance, resolution,or motion that declares such locality a sanctuary for Second Amendmentrights. The bill also provides that no funds payable by the Commonwealthto a locality for any and all purposes shall be withheld from a localitysolely on the basis of such locality adopting or enforcing any ordinance,resolution, or motion that declares such locality a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights.
Prescribing of opioids; required patient disclosures. Requires prescribers to discuss with a patient or the patient'sparent or guardian prior to prescribing an opioid information regardingthe prescribed opioid, including the risks of addiction and overdoseassociated with opioids; the dangers of taking opioids with alcohol,benzodiazepines, and other central nervous system depressants; thereasons why the prescription is necessary; and alternative treatmentsthat may be available. The bill also requires the prescriber to includea notation in the patient's medical record indicating that theserequired patient disclosures were discussed.
Department of Education; pilot program; feasibility ofeducational placement transition of certain students with disabilities.Requires the Department of Education and relevant local school boards todevelop and implement a pilot program for the transition of students who areeducated in private school settings pursuant to Individualized EducationPrograms to the appropriate public school setting in the relevant local schooldivision for up to four years in two to eight local school divisions in theCommonwealth. In developing the pilot, the Department is required to partnerwith the appropriate school board employees in each such local school divisionto (i) identify the resources, services, and supports required by each studentwho resides in each such local school division and who is educated in a privateschool setting pursuant to his Individualized Education Program; (ii) study thefeasibility of transitioning each such student from his private school settingto an appropriate public school setting in the local school division andproviding the identified resources, services, and supports in such publicschool setting; and (iii) recommend a process for redirecting federal, state,and local funds, including funds provided pursuant to the Children's ServicesAct, provided for the education of each such student to the local schooldivision for the purpose of providing the identified resources, services, andsupports in the appropriate public school setting. The bill requires theDepartment of Education to make a report to the Governor, the Senate Committeeson Education and Health and Finance, and the House Committees on Education andAppropriations on the findings of the pilot program after two and four years.
Expungement of police and court records; pardons. Allows a person to petition for the expungement of the police andcourt records relating to such person's conviction if he has beengranted a simple pardon for the crime. Under current law, policeand court records relating to convictions are only expunged if aperson received an absolute pardon for a crime he did not commit.
