Del. Scott Wyatt

Celebrating the life of Michael Wayne Woods.

Commending Major Wayne R. Lee, Jr., USA, Ret.

Commending the Honorable Mark C. Christie.

Voter identification; identification containinga photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisionsof law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required formsof identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voterhe claims to be. Instead, such voter would be entitled to cast aprovisional ballot.

Special license plates; NOT FORGOTTEN. Authorizesthe issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supportersof Americans listed as prisoners of war or missing in action bearingthe legend NOT FORGOTTEN. The bill requires that the design of suchplate incorporate the POW/MIA Flag as designated by the federal NationalPOW/MIA Flag Act. The bill exempts these special license plates fromthe requirement to obtain 450 prepaid applications for such plate.The bill provides that some of the license plate fees will be depositedin the POW/MIA Fund, established within the Department of Accounts,and paid annually to the National League of Families of American Prisonersand Missing in Southeast Asia and used to support its operation andprograms in Virginia.

In-person instruction; education vouchers; emergency. Requires, in the event that any school board does not provide theoption of in-person instruction as the sole method of instruction for any enrolled student, the parent of any such student who withdraws his child from attendance to receive, upon request, an educationvoucher in an amount equal to a prorated share of the applicableStandards of Quality per-pupil state funds appropriated for publicschool purposes and apportioned to the school division, includingthe per-pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and anystate per-pupil share of special education funding for which thechild is eligible, to cover the expenses of providing in-person instructionin an alternative setting. The bill permits the Department of Educationto establish rules, regulations, or procedures for the issuance ofsuch education vouchers. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Food and beverage tax; single-serving salads.Defines the term "single-serving" for purposes of local meals orfood and beverage taxes as having the same meaning as "serving" or"serving size" as those terms are defined in the Code of FederalRegulations.

Destroying or tampering with firefightingor emergency medical services equipment or law-enforcement equipmentand vehicles; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor toa Class 6 felony the penalty for injuring, destroying, removing,or tampering with any firefighting equipment or apparatus, emergency medical services vehicle, or law-enforcement vehicle or equipment.The bill also adds to this prohibition such interference with anyother equipment or apparatus used by emergency medical services personnelor law-enforcement officers.

Local control of firearms; concealed handgunpermit. Provides that any local ordinance that prohibits thepossession, carrying, or transportation of any firearms, ammunition,or components or combination thereof on specified public propertyshall not apply to a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit.

Special license plates; certain military declarations; fees. Removes the fee for one special license plate for one motorvehicle owned and used by an applicant who has been awarded the BronzeStar, Bronze Star with a "V" for valor, or the Silver Star. The billprovides that the applicant will be charged the typical fee for statelicense plates for any such additional special license plates.