Arab American Heritage Month. DesignatesApril, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Arab American HeritageMonth in Virginia.
World Polio Day. Designates October 24,in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as World Polio Day in Virginia.
Kimchi Day. Designates November 22, in 2022and in each succeeding year, as Kimchi Day in Virginia.
Girl Scout Week. Designates the week ofMarch 12, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Girl Scout Weekin Virginia.
Supporting the Jones Act. Expresses thesense of the General Assembly in supporting the Jones Act.
Commending the Reverend Anthony Curtis Paige.
Virginia African Diaspora Advisory Board. Establishes the Virginia African Diaspora Advisory Board to advise the Governor on ways to improve economic and cultural links between the Commonwealth and African nations, with a focus on the areas of commerce and trade, agriculture, art, education, and government. The Board is composed of 18 nonlegislative citizen members, of whom at least 15 must be persons who identify as part of the African diaspora, to be appointed by the Governor. The Secretaries of Agriculture and Forestry, Commerce and Trade, and Education or their designees serve as ex officio members.
Charter; City of Portsmouth; recall of electiveofficers. Makes various changes to the City of Portsmouth's processfor recall of an elective officer, including (i) applying provisionsto an officer who has been appointed to fill an elective office,(ii) making the law apply immediately rather than after one yearfrom the beginning of an officer's term, (iii) specifying the specificcauses that may trigger the recall process, and (iv) allowing a judgeof the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth to hold a hearingand take evidence to determine the sufficiency of the recall petition.
State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powersand duties; attorney visitation of clients. Requires the StateBoard of Local and Regional Jails to develop and establish minimumstandards for ensuring that attorneys have sufficient opportunitiesto have confidential visits with their clients who are held in local,regional, and community correctional facilities, which, considering facility schedules, space, personnel constraints, and inmate disciplinary status, shall include some opportunity for visitation of clientson the weekends and after 5:00 p.m.
Civil action for the deprivation of rights;duties and liabilities of certain employers. Creates a civilcause of action for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, orimmunities pursuant to the constitutions and laws of the United Statesand the Commonwealth due to the acts or omissions of either a publicemployer or its employee and provides that a plaintiff may maintainan action to establish liability and recover compensatory damages,punitive damages, and equitable relief against the public employerand its employee. The bill provides that sovereign immunity is nota defense to such an action. The bill further provides that publicemployers owe a duty of reasonable care to third parties in the hiring,supervision, training, retention, and use of their employees andthat a person who claims to have suffered injury or sustained damagescaused, in whole or in part, by a breach of this duty may maintainan action to establish liability and recover compensatory damages,punitive damages, and equitable relief against such public employer.
