Commending the Fairfax County Park Authority.
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Celebrating the life of Andrew D. Washington.
Commending Lieutenant Junior Grade MadelineSwegle, USN.
Commending the Virginia State Police.
Electronic execution of estate planning documents;Uniform Electronic Wills Act. Permits trusts, advance medical directives, and refusals to make anatomical gifts to be signed andnotarized, as appropriate, by electronic means. The bill also codifiesthe Uniform Electronic Wills Act, which permits a testator to executea will by electronic means. The Act requires that the will be signedby two witnesses who are in the physical or electronic presence ofthe testator and acknowledged by the testator and attesting witnessesin the physical or electronic presence of a notary public.
Commending Sharon Stark.
Commending Edwin C. Roessler, Jr.
Teacher compensation; at or above national average.Requires that public school teachers be compensated at a rate thatis at or above the national average. Under current law, compensationat such rate is aspirational. The bill requires state funding tobe provided pursuant to the general appropriation act in a sum sufficientto fund a 4.5 percent annual increase for public school teacher salaries,effective from the 2022-23 school year through the 2026-27 schoolyear. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable BernardS. Cohen.
Constitutional amendment (first reference);marriage; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; recognition ofsame-sex marriages. Repeals the constitutional provision definingmarriage as only a union between one man and one woman, as well asthe related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of theUnited States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges,576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the Commonwealthand its political subdivisions and its agents are required to issuemarriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equallyunder the law, regardless of the gender of the two parties to themarriage. The amendment further provides that religious organizationsand clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuseto perform any marriage.