Rep. Chad Green

Public schools; threat assessment teams; duties;annual meeting with chief law-enforcement officer of locality ora designee from the local law-enforcement agency. Requires thethreat assessment team established by the division superintendentfor each public elementary or secondary school to meet at least annuallyon school grounds with the chief law-enforcement officer of the localityor a designee from the local law-enforcement agency to determinepotential safety hazards or points of vulnerability on such groundsor in the school building and to discuss and promote active shooterprevention and natural disaster preparedness.

Siting of data centers; parks, schools, andresidential areas. Requires that any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center, as definedin the bill, be approved only for areas that are one-quarter mileor more from federal, state, or local parks, schools, and propertyzoned or used for residential use.

Carrying a firearm or explosive material intoa building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for highwayrest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearmor explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealthshall not apply to any highway rest area.

Israel; support. Expresses support for theState of Israel and condemns the actions of Hamas.

State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals theState Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissionsand zero-emissions vehicle standards that apply for vehicles witha model year of 2025 and later.

Free use of toll facilities; certain disabledveterans. Authorizes the free use of all toll bridges, toll roads,and other toll facilities in the Commonwealth for drivers who havebeen rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having a100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability. Thebill also replaces the current window sticker for certain personsexempted from tolls due to a disability with a specialized electronictoll collection device identifying such person as eligible for freepassage.

Militia state active duty; cyber-related support.Provides that the Governor or his designee may call forth the militiaor any part thereof to state active duty for service when the Governordetermines that cyber-related support is needed to assist state orlocal agencies or to assist private entities that provide criticalinfrastructure. The bill contains technical amendments.

Rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel.Lowers the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel on July 1, 2024,from 26.2 cents per gallon to 21.2 cents per gallon on gasoline andfrom 27 cents per gallon to 20.2 cents per gallon on diesel fuel,which are the rates that were in effect before July 1, 2021. Thebill provides that the rate of tax on gasoline and diesel fuel willreturn to 26.2 and 27 cents per gallon, respectively, on July 1,2025, and will be indexed based on the change in the United StatesAverage Consumer Price Index occurring between 2021 and 2024; thereafter,the rate will be indexed annually.

Computer trespass; elementary and secondaryschools; school board; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony forthe offense of computer trespass when such offense is committed againstany elementary or secondary school or school board.

Line of Duty Act; campus police officers; privatepolice officers. Provides employees of contributing nonprofitprivate institutions of higher education, defined in the bill, andcontributing private police departments, defined in the bill andincluding airport police officers employed by the Lynchburg RegionalAirport Police Department, with the benefits granted to employees of participating employers under the Line of Duty Act. The bill clarifiesthat the Line of Duty Act shall not apply to any private institutionof higher education or private police department that is not a contributingnonprofit private institution of higher education or contributingprivate police department, respectively.