Del. Glenn R. Davis

Requires state agencies contracting for professional and information technology project services to include provisions in such contracts that require contractors to install software that allows for verification of the number of hours worked on a project using a computer. The bill requires such software to be procured by the contractor and provides that data collected belongs to the contractor; however, the contractor is required to provide access to such data to the contracting state agency under certain terms and for a period of seven years.

Requires the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth, on or before November 30, 2019, to submit to the Governor and the Chair of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science a plan providing for the transition of web-based tier one services used by executive branch agencies, with some exceptions listed in the bill, from state servers to cloud-based server solutions by July 1, 2024.

Requires the Secretary of Education to establish the 21-member College and Career Readiness Steering Committee to (i) develop and oversee implementation of a strategic plan for ensuring that all students in the Commonwealth, and particularly subgroups of students who have been historically underserved, graduate from high school (a) meeting the requirements for an advanced studies diploma; (b) having had the opportunity to participate and succeed in pathways that integrate rigorous academic instruction aligned with the Standards of Learning, including career and technical education, work-based learning, wraparound services, and opportunities to earn credit for postsecondary education while enrolled in high school; and (c) having had a high school experience that is aligned with expectations for postsecondary education and employer demand and (ii) provide certain recommendations, guidance, leadership, goals, and assistance relating to the implementation of such strategic plan.

Establishes a new media and technology innovation income tax credit, starting with taxable year 2019, which is a nonrefundable tax credit for expenses related to producing in Virginia commercial advertisements, digital interactive media productions, and episodic television series. The bill allows a company to submit a single application for a project covering multiple tax years and requires such company to make available a third-party audit of its project-related expenses.

Clarifies that products containing a concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol that is no greater than that allowed by federal law does not constitute marijuana, as defined in the Code. The bill also increases from one to two the number of pharmaceutical processor permits the Board of Pharmacy may issue or renew for each health service area in any year and allows each pharmaceutical processor to whom a permit has been issued by the Board of Pharmacy to operate up to two off-site dispensing locations for the dispensing of cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to issue additional permits to operate a pharmaceutical processor by September 1, 2019.