Del. Glenn R. Davis

Concealed handgun permits; demonstration ofcompetence. Removes the option for concealed handgun permit applicantsto demonstrate competence with a handgun by completing an electronic,video, or online course conducted by a state-certified or NationalRifle Association-certified firearms instructor. The bill does notaffect any in-person means of satisfying the requirement to demonstratecompetence with a handgun under current law.

Chief Information Officer; transition of web-basedservices for executive branch agencies to cloud-based server solutions.Requires the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth, on orbefore December 1, 2020, to submit to the Governor and the Chairmanof the Joint Commission on Technology and Science a plan providingfor the transition of web-based tier one services used by executive branch agencies, with some exceptions, from state servers to cloud-basedor hybrid server solutions by July 1, 2022.

Best interests of the child; frequent and continuingcontact with each parent. Requires that the court consider, whenappropriate, frequent and continuing contact with each parent whendetermining the best interests of the child for purposes of determiningcustody or visitation arrangements.

Hemp products; regulation; labeling. Directsthe Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulationsprohibiting the use of the term "CBD" in connection with a hemp product,which current law defines to include any lawful product that containsindustrial hemp, including oil containing an industrial hemp extract.The bill provides that such regulations shall authorize the use ofthe term "H-CBD" or "Hemp CBD" instead. The bill authorizes the Boardto adopt further regulations governing the labeling and marketingof hemp products.

Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; schoolsafety mobile application. Requires the Virginia Fusion IntelligenceCenter to develop or obtain a school safety mobile application to (i) facilitate the provision of free, confidential, real-time, 24-hours-a-day,seven-days-a-week crisis intervention services by licensed clinicians, including support or crisis counseling, suicide prevention, andreferral services to students and youth in the Commonwealth throughcalls, texts, and online chats, and (ii) provide to students andyouth in the Commonwealth a platform that is capable of receivingtext, audio, images, and video to submit confidential tips concerningbullying, threats of school violence, and other school-related safetyconcerns. The bill requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to provide the Center with data and other information necessaryto ensure that the school safety mobile application is integratedwith any existing crisis intervention phone hotline.

Alcoholic beverage control; confectionery license; definition of liquid. Defines liquid for purposes of the confectionery license to mean a substance that (i) is composed of molecules thatmove freely among themselves, (ii) has no independent shape but adefinite volume, and (iii) is neither gaseous, solid, nor semi-solid.Under current law, a confectionery licensee may prepare and sellfor off-premises consumption confectionery that contains five percentor less alcohol by volume, provided that the alcohol is not in liquidform at the time such confectionery is sold.

Study; Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed; report.Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed in Virginia, including land use, stormwater, groundwater,storm information, and flora and fauna.

Study; Virginia Economic Development PartnershipAuthority to study the emergence and integration of blockchain technologyin the economy of the Commonwealth; report. Requests the VirginiaEconomic Development Partnership Authority to identify blockchaintechnology research and economic development opportunities with thegoal of creating a statewide, comprehensive, and coordinated strategyrelating to blockchain technology. In conducting its study, the VirginiaEconomic Development Partnership Authority shall analyze and consider(i) economic development opportunities in the Commonwealth availablethrough the utilization of blockchain technology; (ii) different types of blockchain technology and the feasibility of economic developmentfor each type; (iii) the creation of a statewide, comprehensive,and coordinated strategy to encourage commercial activity in the blockchain technology sector; (iv) opportunities for deployment ofblockchain technology in state government; and (v) strategies toincentivize the development of blockchain companies in the Commonwealth.The Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority shall submitits report to the Governor and the 2021 and 2022 Regular Sessionsof the General Assembly.

Health insurance; authorization of drug prescribedby psychiatrist. Requires that any provider contract betweena carrier and a participating health care provider with prescriptiveauthority, or its contracting agent, provide that no prior authorizationis required for any drug prescribed by a psychiatrist, if (i) thedrug is a covered benefit, (ii) the prescription does not exceedthe FDA-labeled dosages, and (iii) the drug is prescribed consistentwith the regulations of the Board of Medicine.

Virginia Cyber Initiative Act. Directsthe Virginia Information Technologies Agency to work with publicand private institutions of higher education, state agencies, andbusinesses in the Commonwealth to develop a cyber alliance, to beknown as the Virginia Cyber Initiative, to reduce cyber risks andencourage economic development in the cybersecurity field. The billalso creates the Virginia Cyber Initiative Fund for the purposesof improving cybersecurity and the economy of the Commonwealth through(i) improving cyber infrastructure, (ii) increasing the focus oncyber job-creating research activities, and (iii) expanding cyberjob-creating research activities toward producing more knowledge-basedand high-technology cyber jobs in the Commonwealth.