Del. Terry Kilgore

Elections; voter identification containing aphotograph required; permanent absentee voter list repealed.Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photographin order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permittinga voter who does not have one of the required forms of identificationto vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties forfalse statements, that he is the named registered voter he claimsto be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled tocast a provisional ballot. The bill also repeals the provisions oflaw by which any registered voter may apply to receive absentee ballotsfor all elections in which he is eligible to vote and remains onthe list until the voter requests in writing to be removed from thelist, the voter's registration is canceled or placed on inactivestatus pursuant to law, or the voter moves to a different addressnot in the same county or city of his registration.

Voter registration; registration permittedup to and including the day of the election. Repeals a provisionthat would permit any person who is qualified to register to voteto register to vote in person up to and including the day of theelection, notwithstanding any deadline for the close of registration records. The repeal will limit the persons who are entitled to registerto vote after the close of registration records to (i) any member of a uniformed service of the United States who is on active duty,(ii) any person residing temporarily outside of the United States,and (iii) the spouse or dependent residing with someone listed in(i) or (ii).

Celebrating the life of Ronald Bowen Watson.

Unemployment compensation; disqualificationfor benefits; misconduct does not include refusing COVID-19 vaccine.Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Employment Commissiondetermining if an individual was separated or partially separatedfrom employment for misconduct and would be disqualified for unemploymentbenefits, the term "misconduct" does not include an employee's refusalto receive or receive in part any primary series or booster shotof a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.

Commending Kevin Hall.

Celebrating the life of Joseph Toney, Jr.

Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University.

Commending the Virginia Manufacturers Association.

Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) financial exploitation of mentally incapacitated persons and (ii) abuse and neglect of incapacitated adults.

Local school boards; composite index of local ability-to-pay; required local effort; adjustment in certain circumstances.Provides that in any case in which a local school board entersinto a comprehensive agreement with a private entity pursuant tothe Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of2002 whereby the private entity finances the construction of a newpublic school building in the local school division through the issuanceof bonds; leases the building to the local school board in an arrangementsuch as a certificate of participation, a double net lease, or atriple net lease; and expects the local school board to make leasepayments in an annual amount that approximates or is equal to theannual debt service on such bonds, the Department of Education shallnot consider 50 percent of such lease payments as capital outlayand debt service and therefore shall not subtract such payments inthe biennial calculation of net local expenditures for operationsor required local effort for the purpose of determining such localschool division's composite index of local ability-to-pay, if sorequested by the local school board.