Del. Mark H. Levine

Commending Wolf Trap Foundation for the PerformingArts.

Marijuana; legalization of cultivation, manufacture, sale, possession, and testing; penalties. Establishes a regulatory scheme for the regulation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, and retail marijuana stores by the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The bill also grants localities the authority to enact ordinances establishing additional licensing requirements for marijuana establishments located within such locality and allows the home cultivation of marijuana for personal use under certain circumstances. The bill imposes a tax on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products sold by a retail marijuana store at a rate of 9.7 percent (for a total sales tax of 15 percent) and provides that 67 percent of the revenues collected from the tax be deposited into the general fund and 33 percent of the revenues be deposited into a "Retail Marijuana Education Support Fund" to be used solely for purposes of public education. Finally, the bill establishes several new criminal penalties related to marijuana, as well as modifies some existing criminal penalties. This bill was incorporated into HB 2312.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable MamyeE. BaCote.

Presidential electors; National Popular VoteCompact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known asthe Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by NationalPopular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United Statesgives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the mannerof awarding their electoral votes. Under the compact, Virginia agreesto award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receivesthe most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessinga majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A statemay withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring withinsix months of the end of a President's term shall not become effectiveuntil a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the nextterm.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable MamyeE. BaCote.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable AugustusBenton Chafin, Jr.

Celebrating the life of Alan Zimm.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable BernardS. Cohen.

Commending Marymount University.

Additional state sales tax on firearms and ammunition;use of proceeds; Student Mental Health and Safety Fund and Program.Imposes an additional sales and use tax on the retail sale of firearmsand ammunition. The amount of the tax shall be 10 percent minus theamount of tax imposed by all other sales and use taxes levied bythe Commonwealth. Revenues from the tax shall be deposited in theStudent Mental Health and Safety Fund (the Fund), which is establishedby the bill. In addition to the Fund, the bill creates the StudentMental Health and Safety Program (the Program). The Program and Fundshall provide grants on a competitive basis to public school divisionsfor the purpose of funding full-time school counselor positions ata ratio of 250:1 or better, school social worker positions at a ratioof 400:1 or better, and school psychologists at a ratio of 500:1or better.