Del. Mike Webert

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.

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.

Possession, purchase, and transport of certainfirearms in certain localities; withholding state funds. Allowsa person to lawfully possess, purchase, or transport a firearm orfirearms magazine that he would otherwise be lawfully permitted to possess, purchase, or transport on January 1, 2020, while he isin a locality that has adopted or enforced any ordinance, resolution,or motion that declares such locality a sanctuary for Second Amendmentrights. The bill also provides that no funds payable by the Commonwealthto a locality for any and all purposes shall be withheld from a localitysolely on the basis of such locality adopting or enforcing any ordinance,resolution, or motion that declares such locality a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights.

Speed limits for certain large vehicles; U.S.Route 17. Sets the maximum speed limit on U.S. Route 17 betweenthe Town of Warrenton and the census-designated place of Marshallin Fauquier County at 55 miles per hour if the vehicle is a passenger motor vehicle, bus, pickup or panel truck, or a motorcycle and 45miles per hour if the vehicle is a truck, tractor truck, or combinationof vehicles designed to transport property, or is a motor vehiclebeing used to tow a vehicle designed for self-propulsion, or a housetrailer.

Health insurance; payment to out-of-network providers. Provides that when a covered person receives covered emergency services from an out-of-network health care provider or receives out-of-network services at an in-network facility, the covered person is not required to pay the out-of-network provider any amount other than the applicable cost-sharing requirement. The measure also establishes a standard for calculating the health carrier's required payment to the out-of-network provider of the services, which standard is the lower of the market-based value for the service or 125 percent of the amount that would be paid under Medicare for the service. If such provider determines that the amount to be paid by the health carrier does not comply with the applicable requirements, the measure requires the provider and the health carrier to make a good faith effort to reach a resolution on the appropriate amount of the reimbursement and, if a resolution is not reached, authorizes either party to request the State Corporation Commission to review the disputed reimbursement amount and determine if the amount complies with applicable requirements. The measure provides that such provisions do not apply to an entity that provides or administers self-insured or self-funded plans; however, such entities may elect to be subject such provisions. The measure requires health carriers to make reports to the Bureau of Insurance and directs the Bureau to provide reports to certain committees of the General Assembly. This bill was incorporated into HB 1251.

Lottery Board; regulation of casino gaming. Authorizes casino gaming in the Commonwealth to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill limits casino gaming to certain cities that meet the criteria outlined in the bill and requires that, prior to the establishment of casino gaming operations in such city, the voters of the city approve a referendum on the question of allowing casino gaming in the city. The bill also provides that if an operator license to conduct casino gaming is issued to an owner that is a Virginia Indian tribe, as described in the bill, for any city that meets the criteria outlined in the bill, any entity holding an owner's or operator's license from the Virginia Racing Commission that is operating in the same city shall be allowed to conduct casino gaming. This bill was incorporated into HB 4.

Green development zones; investments in greentechnologies. Provides that a locality may grant tax incentivesto businesses located in a green development zone that invest ingreen technologies. Under current law, such incentives may be grantedonly to green development businesses located in a green developmentzone or businesses operating in an energy-efficient building locatedin a green development zone.

Study; JLARC; feasibility of adjusting the compositeindex of local ability to pay; report. Requires the Joint LegislativeAudit and Review Commission to study the feasibility of adjustingthe composite index of local ability to pay by (i) reviewing currentstatutory, constitutional, and budgetary provisions governing thecalculation of Standards of Quality costs and funding; (ii) examiningthe components of the composite index of local ability to pay; (iii)evaluating other states' public school funding formulas; (iv) hearinglocal concerns and seeking input from various state and national experts, as applicable; and (v) determining the feasibility of reducingthe local share under the Local Composite Index (LCI) in schooldivisions in which the locality is determined to have above-averagefiscal stress or high fiscal stress by the Virginia Commission onLocal Government in its most recent "Report on the Comparative RevenueCapacity, Revenue Effort, and Fiscal Stress of Virginia Countiesand Cities."

Professions and occupations; licensure by endorsement.Establishes criteria for an individual licensed, certified, orhaving work experience in another state, the District of Columbia,or any territory or possession of the United States to apply to aregulatory board within the Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation or the Department of Health Professions and be issued an occupational license or government certification if certain conditionsare met.

Individual and corporate income tax credit;employers of National Guard members and self-employed National Guardmembers. Provides for taxable years 2020 through 2024 a nonrefundabletax credit against individual and corporate income taxes for (i) wages paid by an employer to an employee who is an active or reserveVirginia National Guard member or (ii) income of a self-employedactive or reserve Virginia National Guard member attributable to his business. The amount of the credit shall be 25 percent if such memberwas in a military pay status for 65 days or more during such taxableyear or 15 percent if such member was in a military pay status forat least 45 days but less than 65 days during such taxable year.The credit shall not be allowed if such member was in a military pay status for less than 45 days during such taxable year. The billallows a taxpayer to carry unused credits over for up to five taxableyears.