Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
Del. Israel O'Quinn
Sponsored bills
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Commending Scott McGeary.
Virginia Retirement System; additional servicecredit. Allows an individual who serves concurrently as a full-timeprimary or secondary school teacher and as a full-time school busdriver to receive additional service credit in the Virginia RetirementSystem for providing such services. The bill specifies that the amountof credit allowable shall be equivalent to the amount of credit thatthe individual would earn if he were employed only as a full-timeschool bus driver.
Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of RuralAffairs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the need for and feasibility of creating a Secretariatof Rural Affairs in the Commonwealth.
Department of Energy; work group on criticalinfrastructure sectors; report. Directs the Director of the Departmentof Energy to convene a work group to evaluate the Commonwealth'scritical infrastructure sectors' usage of fuel for energy and feedstockand impact on jobs, capital investments, and state and local revenue.The bill requires the work group to also assess (i) the impact ofthe Commonwealth's critical infrastructure sectors on natural gasservice or retail natural gas supply choice as provided in relevantlaw and individually metered propane service or non-utility gas servicein accordance with relevant law and (ii) the impact of any publicentity enacting an ordinance, building code, contractual provision,fee, permit, or other requirement that limits, prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting, or prevents critical infrastructure sectorswithin their boundaries from acquiring fuel. The bill requires thework group to complete its evaluation and submit its findings and any recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Laborand Commerce and Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor by November1, 2024.
Study; Department of Conservation and Recreation;state park in Washington County; report. Requests the Departmentof Conservation and Recreation to study the feasibility of establishinga state park in Washington County at the Mendota Trail and AbramsFalls located within the Holston River Watersheds.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable VictorBlake McKinney.