Commending Daniel D. Edwards.
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of Yvonne Leonard.
Celebrating the life of Jane Carey Gardner.
Commending Steven R. Cover.
Obtaining, attempting to obtain, procuring,or attempting to procure controlled substances by means of the Internetor by mail; exceptions; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony forany person to obtain or attempt to obtain any drug or procure orattempt to procure the administration of any controlled substanceor marijuana by means of the Internet, United States Postal Service,or other commercial delivery provider without a valid prescriptionor order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his professionalpractice, with some exceptions provided for in the bill.
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases; local authority to apply to certain emergency services personnel. Adds full-time, salaried emergency medical services personnel employed by any locality that has authorized such presumption by ordinance to the list of persons to whom, after five years of service, the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease applies. This bill was incorporated into HB 1818.
Teacher compensation; at or above national average.Requires that public school teachers be compensated at a rate thatis at or above the national average. Under current law, compensationat such rate is aspirational. The bill requires state funding tobe provided pursuant to the general appropriation act in a sum sufficientto fund a 4.5 percent annual increase for public school teacher salaries,effective from the 2022-23 school year through the 2026-27 schoolyear. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.
Constitutional amendment (first reference);marriage; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; recognition ofsame-sex marriages. Repeals the constitutional provision definingmarriage as only a union between one man and one woman, as well asthe related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of theUnited States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges,576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the Commonwealthand its political subdivisions and its agents are required to issuemarriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equallyunder the law, regardless of the gender of the two parties to themarriage. The amendment further provides that religious organizationsand clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuseto perform any marriage.
Use of compression release engine brakes inlocalities. Authorizes counties, cities, and towns to regulatethe use of compression release engine brakes when motor vehicles areoperated within their boundaries and adjacent to residence districts.
Celebrating the life of Gabrielle ElizabethAldea.