Toll lane enforcement; Midtown Tunnel and DowntownTunnel. Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from suspendinga person's registration certificates or licenses plates due to unpaidtolls when such toll violations occurred at the Midtown Tunnel orDowntown Tunnel connecting the Cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Overtime compensation; penalties. Requiresan employer to compensate its employees who are entitled to overtime compensation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act at a ratenot less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rateof pay for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek.The sanctions for an employer's failure to pay such overtime wages,including civil and criminal penalties, are the same as currentlyprovided for failing to pay wages generally.
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.
Subdivision ordinance; energy efficiency andrenewable energy provisions. Authorizes a local governing bodyto include in its subdivision ordinance provisions for establishingminimum standards of energy efficiency and establishing and maintainingaccess to sources of renewable energy.
Workers' compensation; foreign injuries.Provides that an injured employee is eligible for benefits underthe Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when a compensable accidenthappens while the employee is employed outside Virginia if (i) theemployment contract was not expressly for services exclusively tobe performed outside Virginia and (ii) either the employer's placeof business is in Virginia or the employee regularly performs workon the employer's behalf in Virginia and resides in Virginia.
Product safety; liquid container containingbisphenol A; fund; civil penalty. Prohibits the manufacture,sale, or distribution in the Commonwealth, beginning July 1, 2023,of any container intended for the storage of liquid food or beveragesthat contains the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA). The billimposes certain requirements on any substitute chemical used by amanufacturer in place of BPA. The bill subjects any manufacturerin the Commonwealth that violates any provision of the bill to acivil penalty of $5,000 for a first offense or $10,000 for a secondor subsequent offense, and it directs the funds collected to the Virginia Product Safety Fund, created by the bill. The bill authorizesthe Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulationsto carry out its provisions.
Public schools; potable water. Establishes minimum requirements for the installation of water bottle filling stations and drinking fountains in new public school buildings, additions to existing public school buildings, and alterations to existing public school buildings estimated to cost $50,000 or more. The bill requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require local school divisions to allow all students to carry and utilize a water bottle while at school.
Division of Human Rights; duties. Clarifiesthat the duties of the Division of Human Rights shall include receivingand investigating all complaints alleging unlawful discriminatorypractices that are filed within the applicable statute of limitationsperiod and allege a wrongdoing covered under applicable federal orstate law.
Right to work. Repeals the provisions ofthe Code of Virginia that, among other things, prohibit any agreementor combination between an employer and a labor union or labor organizationwhereby (i) nonmembers of the union or organization are denied theright to work for the employer, (ii) membership in the union or organization is made a condition of employment or continuation ofemployment by such employer, or (iii) the union or organization acquiresan employment monopoly in any such enterprise.
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; contract;study of options for financing universal health care. Directsthe Secretary of Health and Human Resources to enter into a contractwith a qualified entity to study options for financing universalhealth care in the Commonwealth. The Secretary shall report the findings,conclusions, and recommendations of the qualified entity to the Governorand the General Assembly by December 1, 2020.
