Fetal dismemberment prohibited. Prohibitsa person licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine fromperforming an abortion that involves dismemberment of a fetus.
Conduct of charitable gaming. Removes restrictionsregarding (i) the number of calendar days that charitable gaming may be conducted, (ii) the number of bingo sessions that may be playedin any calendar day and the number of bingo games that may be playedduring each session, and (iii) the locations at which games may be played.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; informationtechnology project services contracts; behind schedule; verificationof work. Requires that all state agencies include in every writtencontract for information technology project services contracts provisions that the agency is not required to pay for hours worked on a computerand billed by the hour on a project that (i) is more than one yearbehind on any scheduled contract performance dates or actual completiondates or (ii) has costs in excess of $1 million over the initialterm of the contract, unless such hourly work is verified as legitimateby automatic billing verification software meeting certain standards.Any data collected by automatic billing verification software isconsidered accounting records belonging to the contractor; however, no contractor is permitted to sell or transfer such data or use itfor any purpose or in any manner other than to verify and managethe hours worked on the associated contract and billed to the agency.The bill exempts from the contract provision and data collectionrequirement any (i) contracts (a) between state agencies, (b) withany law-enforcement agency, or (c) with any agency that is the custodianof criminal justice information as defined in the Federal Bureauof Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division'sSecurity Policy and (ii) work performed (a) by a state employee or(b) on a state-owned device.
Commending the Loudoun Hunt.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; preferencefor contractors using automatic billing verification software.Requires that, for any bid on a contract (i) in excess of $500,000and (ii) requiring work to be performed using a computer, all stateagencies give preference to responsive and responsible bidders thatagree to verify the hours worked on the associated contract and billedto the agency by using automatic billing verification software thatmeets certain standards. The bill provides that any data collectedby such automatic billing verification pursuant to a contract witha state agency is considered accounting records belonging to thecontractor; however, contractors are prohibited from selling or transferringsuch data or using it for any other purpose or manner other thanto verify and manage the hours worked on the associated contractand billed to the agency. Work performed by a state employee or ona state-owned device and contracts with any law-enforcement agencyor with any agency that is the custodian of criminal justice information,as defined in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal JusticeInformation Services Division's Security Policy, are exempted fromthe provisions of this bill.
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.
Study; harmful algal blooms in Lake Anna; report. Requests the Virginia Department of Health to study harmful algal blooms in Lake Anna and submit its report by the first day of the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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.
Virginia National Guard; state active duty for emergency response; pay and allowances for members. Establishes rates of pay and allowances for members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.
