Commending the Spotsylvania American LegionPost 320.
Sponsored bills
Commending Dawn Harman.
School boards; parental notification of certainthreats, behavior, and unlawful acts; panic alarms. Requires,within four hours of receiving notification of (i) a preliminarydetermination by the threat assessment team that a student posesa threat of violence or physical harm to self or others; (ii) threateningor aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the school; or(iii) unlawful acts committed on school property, on a school bus,or at a school-sponsored activity that involve the unlawful use orpossession of a weapon, homicide, criminal sexual assault, or trespassing,each division superintendent to notify the parent of each studentenrolled in the relevant school of such threat, threatening or aberrantbehavior, or unlawful act. The bill requires each school board toequip each public elementary and secondary school building in thelocal school division with at least one panic alarm that adheresto nationally recognized industry standards, including the standardsof the National Fire Protection Association and Underwriters Laboratories,and is installed by a licensed and qualified professional. The billdefines "panic alarm" as a silent security system by which the usermanually activates a device that sends a non-audible signal to thelocal law-enforcement agency that indicates a school security emergency,including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation,that requires immediate response and assistance from such agency.
Public-Private Competition Act. Createsthe Public-Private Competition Act, which prohibits public bodiesfrom engaging in any commercial activity, defined in the bill tomean any activity that can be performed by an existing private business.The bill creates an exemption for commercial activities that publicbodies are required to perform pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia.The bill also repeals the Competitive Government Act, which requiresthe Governor to (i) conduct a study at least once every two yearsto examine whether at least three commercial activities being performedby state employees at state agencies and institutions are being accomplishedin the most cost-efficient and effective manner and (ii) outsource any commercial activity for which the study determines that outsourcingmay result in reduced costs or otherwise provide a measurable benefitto the Commonwealth.
Commending Carol L. Summers.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.
Commending the Honorable Mark Cole.
Celebrating the life of Sally Lamb.
Commending Michael Cherry.
Celebrating the life of Officer Michael D. Chandler.