Del. Karrie Delaney

Department of Health; evidence-based best practicesfor opioid-related emergencies in the emergency department. Requireshospitals to establish and implement policies and protocols consistentwith evidence-based best practices for opioid-related emergenciesin the emergency department published and regularly updated by theDepartment of Health.

Human trafficking training for law-enforcementpersonnel. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Servicesto establish standards for law-enforcement personnel regarding trauma-informedtraining for the recognition, prevention, and reporting of humantrafficking.

Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence VictimFund; funding for sexual assault services. Adds payments to sexualassault service providers and hospitals for the purpose of providingsalaries and equipment for sexual assault nurse examiners and pediatricforensic nurses to the list of purposes for which funds from theVirginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund may be used andrequires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to prioritizefunding to sexual assault service providers and hospitals that providesexual assault nurse examiner services and pediatric forensic nurse services in rural and underserved communities when making fundsavailable for such purpose. The bill also increases the amount apportionedto the Fund from the fixed-fee assessment for misdemeanors and trafficinfractions tried in district court.

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Adds 911 dispatchers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service. Under current law, localities may provide such benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions.

Exhaust systems; excessive noise. Prohibitsany individual from operating a motor vehicle with a gross weightof 10,000 pounds or less with an exhaust system that emits noise equivalentto noise in excess of 85 decibels measured from a distance of 50 feet.The bill also allows the governing body of any county, city, or town located within the Northern Virginia Planning District to provideby ordinance that no person shall operate any motor vehicle on a highway or on public or private property within 500 feet of any residential district unless such motor vehicle is equipped with an exhaust systemof a type installed as standard equipment, or comparable to thatdesigned for use on that particular vehicle or device as standardfactory equipment, in good working order and in constant operationto prevent excessive noise. The bill also requires the Superintendentof State Police to promulgate regulations for the inspection of motorvehicles to ensure that no motor vehicle is equipped with a guttedmuffler, muffler cutout, or straight exhaust or any mechanical orelectronic device that creates or amplifies noise emitted by themotor vehicle that is louder than the noise emitted by such motor vehicle as originally manufactured.

Study; joint subcommittee; emergence and integrationof blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the economyof the Commonwealth; report. Establishes a 20-member, two-yearjoint subcommittee to identify research and economic development opportunities to inform a statewide, comprehensive, and coordinated strategy anda potential regulatory framework relating to blockchain technologyand cryptocurrency.

Minor victims of sex trafficking; services.Provides that a minor engaged in prostitution or keeping, residingin, or frequenting a bawdy place shall not be proceeded upon as delinquentand shall be referred to the local department of social servicesfor an assessment and services.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable JohnHowson Rust, Jr.

Falun Gong; Persecution by Chinese CommunistParty. Condemns the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners bythe Chinese Communist Party.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;landlord obligations; tenant safety. Requires a landlord whoowns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percentinterest in more than four rental dwelling units, to require allemployees and applicants for employment to submit to fingerprintingand provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded alongwith the employee's or applicant's fingerprints through the CentralCriminal Records Exchange and the Federal Bureau of Investigationfor the purpose of obtaining criminal history record informationregarding such employee or applicant. The bill allows a landlordto disqualify from employment any person who has been convicted ofor found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendereto, regardless of adjudication, a violent crime committed in anyjurisdiction. The bill also provides that a landlord must (i) establishwritten policies and procedure for the storage and management of,access to, and return of all keys for each rental dwelling unit;(ii) regulate the secure storage of and access to unissued keys;and (iii) maintain a written log for the issuance and return of allkeys. Finally, pursuant to the bill, all relevant landlords must submit certain information on a quarterly basis to the Department of Housingand Community Development to prove compliance with the provisionsoutlined in the bill.