Del. Michael P. Mullin

Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitiveand sustained physical stressors. Provides that, for the purposesof the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, "occupational disease"includes injuries from conditions resulting from repetitive and sustainedphysical stressors, including repetitive and sustained motions, exertions,posture stress, contact stresses, vibration, or noise. The bill providesthat such injuries are covered under the Act. Such coverage doesnot require that the injuries occurred over a particular period,provided that such a period can be reasonably identified and documentedand further provided that the employment is shown to have primarily caused the injury, considering all causes.

Commending Colonial Behavioral Health.

Constitutional amendment (first reference);marriage; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; recognition ofsame-sex marriages. Repeals the constitutional provision definingmarriage as only a union between one man and one woman, as well asthe related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of theUnited States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges,576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the Commonwealthand its political subdivisions and its agents are required to issuemarriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equallyunder the law, regardless of the gender of the two parties to themarriage. The amendment further provides that religious organizationsand clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuseto perform any marriage.

Commending the Virginia Chapter of AmericanPromise and Take Back Our Republic.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable MamyeE. BaCote.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable AugustusBenton Chafin, Jr.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; requiredrelease of law-enforcement disciplinary records; exceptions.Requires the release of law-enforcement disciplinary records relatedto completed disciplinary investigations. The bill defines "law-enforcement disciplinary records" as any record created in furtherance of alaw-enforcement disciplinary proceeding or any other administrativeor judicial proceeding, whether such proceeding takes place in theCommonwealth or in another jurisdiction. The bill allows for theredaction of certain personal contact information of the law-enforcementofficer, complainant, and witness or their families; social securitynumbers; and certain medical information of the law-enforcement officerand complainant.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable AugustusBenton Chafin, Jr.

Virginia Minimum Wage Act; exemption. Removesthe exemption from the Virginia Minimum Wage Act for persons employedin domestic service or in or about a private home or in an eleemosynaryinstitution primarily supported by public funds.

Flood Insurance Fund; low-income Virginians.Creates a Flood Insurance Fund and directs the Executive Director of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Resources Authority toestablish a program to use the Fund to subsidize the purchase offlood insurance by low-income Virginians. Such program shall includean application process, application guidelines, and a ranking systemthat prioritizes the use of the Fund to support the purchase of floodinsurance in the most flood-prone areas.