Del. Jason S. Miyares

Commending John F. Reinhart.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable GeraldL. Baliles.

Limitations period; previously time-barred actions;sexual abuse; two-year time period to file. Creates a two-yeartime period, on or after July 1, 2020, but before July 1, 2022, within which persons previously time-barred from filing an action for injuryto such person for sexual abuse occurring during the infancy or incapacityof such person due to the expiration of the statute of limitationsmay file such an action.

Income tax; subtraction for low-income military veterans with a permanent service-connected disability. Provides an income tax subtraction for the military retirement income received by a veteran who has been rated with a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability. The bill provides that the subtraction is available only to those taxpayers whose federal adjusted gross income is not greater than 150 percent of the federal poverty level for a four-person household. This bill incorporates HB 125.

Commending the Frank W. Cox High School fieldhockey team.

Institutions of higher education; intercollegiateathletics; student-athletes; compensation and representation. Prohibits anyprivate institution of higher education, baccalaureate public institution ofhigher education, athletic association, athletic conference, or otherorganization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i) providing aprospective student-athlete with compensation that results from the use of thestudent's name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing astudent-athlete from earning from another individual or entity compensationthat results from the use of the student's name, image, or likeness, except incertain limited circumstances; (iii) prohibiting or preventing astudent-athlete from obtaining professional representation by an athlete agentor legal representation by an attorney licensed to practice law in theCommonwealth; or (iv) declaring ineligible for or revoking a scholarshipprovided to a student-athlete who earns compensation that results from the useof the student's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any athleticassociation, athletic conference, or other organization with authority overintercollegiate athletics from prohibiting or preventing a private institutionof higher education or baccalaureate public institution of higher educationfrom becoming a member of or participating in intercollegiate athleticssponsored by such association, conference, or organization as a consequence ofthe compensation of a student-athlete at such institution that results from theuse of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness. The foregoing provisionsof the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill alsorequires the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System to convene awork group consisting of such members as the Chancellor deems appropriate toconsider and make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly nolater July 1, 2022, relating to the compensation and representation ofstudent-athletes enrolled at comprehensive community colleges in theCommonwealth.

Commission to Investigate the May 31, 2019, Virginia Beach Mass Shooting; report. Establishes an independent commission to investigate the May 31, 2019, Virginia Beach mass shooting (the Commission). The Commission consists of 21 members appointed as follows: five members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, five members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and 10 members appointed by the Governor. The Superintendent of State Police serves ex officio as a nonvoting member. The Commission is charged with investigating the underlying motive for the May 31, 2019, Virginia Beach mass shooting, investigating the gunman's entire prior employment history with the City of Virginia Beach and his interactions with coworkers and supervisors, determining how the gunman was able to carry out his actions, identifying any obstacles confronted by first responders, identifying and examining the security procedures and protocols in place immediately prior to the shootings, examining the post-shooting communications between law enforcement and families of the victims, and developing recommendations regarding improvements that can be made in the Commonwealth's laws, policies, procedures, systems, and institutions, as well as those of other governmental agencies and private providers.The Office of the State Inspector General or such other person or entity under the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security staffs the Commission, as designated by the Governor. The expenses of the Commission are paid from existing appropriations to the Office of the State Inspector General or any agency under the Secretary, as determined by the Governor. The Commission has a sunset date of November 1, 2022.

Commission on Economic Opportunity for Virginiansin Aspiring and Diverse Communities; sunset. Extends from July1, 2020, to July 1, 2022, the sunset date for the Commission on EconomicOpportunity for Virginians in Aspiring and Diverse Communities.

Health care services; estimate of cost. Requires every hospital and every practitioner licensed by the Board of Medicine to, upon request and within three days of the receipt of such request, provide an estimate of the cost any procedure, test, or service that may be performed by the hospital or practitioner. Currently, hospitals are required to provide information about the payment amount for which a patient may be responsible to a patient scheduled to receive an elective procedure, test, or service upon request. Health care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine are not currently required to provide such estimates. The bill also requires health care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to provide written information about a person's ability to request an estimate of the cost of any procedure, test, or service that may be performed by the practitioner and to post such information in public areas of the location at which the practitioner provides services and on any website maintained by the practitioner.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; powersand duties; human trafficking training. Directs the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services, under the direction of the Criminal Justice Services Board, to develop an online course to train hotelproprietors on recognizing the signs of human trafficking and howto respond appropriately. The bill also defines "hotel" and "hotelproprietor."