Commending Dr. Willis L. Lonzer III.
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Commending Scott McGeary.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Requirement for appeals bond; indigent parties;appeal of unlawful detainer. Removes the requirement for an indigentdefendant in civil actions to post an appeal bond in any civil caseappealed from the general district court. The bill also removes provisionsof the Code allowing a plaintiff in an unlawful detainer case thathas been appealed to the circuit court to request the judge to ordera writ of eviction immediately upon entry of judgment for possession.
Certain student-athletes; compensation forname, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any (i) high school student-athlete who participates in interscholastic athletic competitionfrom entering into any contract to receive compensation in exchangefor the use of such student's name, image, or likeness and (ii) student-athleteenrolled at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealthwho participates in intercollegiate athletic competition from enteringinto any contract to receive compensation in exchange for the useof such student's name, image, or likeness, the duration of whichextends beyond the student's enrollment at such institution.
Retail sales and use tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians. Exempts veterinarians from sales and use tax on the purchase of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The bill repeals provisions of current law that provide that a veterinarian dispensing or selling medicines or drugs on prescription shall be deemed to be the user or consumer of all such medicines and drugs. The bill provides that the exemption shall be in effect from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 517.
Summons for unlawful detainer; notice; adverseemployment actions prohibited. Requires any summons for unlawfuldetainer to include a notice to the tenant that it is unlawful forhis employer to discharge him from employment or take any adversepersonnel action against him for appearing at an initial or subsequenthearing on such summons, provided that he has given reasonable noticeof such hearing to his employer.
Corporations and regulated business entities;not set out and obsolete sections of the Code of Virginia. Setsout sections in Title 13.1 (Corporations) and Title 56 (Public ServiceCompanies) that are currently carried by reference only. The billalso repeals a section not set out in Title 13.1 (Corporations) thatstates the legislative intent of the chapter relating to professionalcorporations and is currently carried by reference only. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is a recommendation of theVirginia Code Commission.