Del. Kelly Fowler

Commending the Screen at 23 campaign.

Commending Robert Eugene Foster, Jr.

Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.

Puppy Mill Awareness Month. Designates December,in 2020 and in each succeeding year, as Puppy Mill Awareness Monthin Virginia.

Celebrating the life of William Griffith Thomas.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable GeraldL. Baliles.

Elections; date of June primary election.Changes the date of the primary election held in June from the secondTuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June. The bill also changes candidate filing deadlines to reflect the change of date.

Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on CoastalFlooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on CoastalFlooding for two additional years, through the 2021 interim. Thisresolution was incorporated into HJ 102.

Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act and VirginiaResidential Landlord and Tenant Act; required disclosures; impoundingstructures, dams, flood hazard areas, and stormwater management facilities.Requires the owner of residential real property who has actual knowledge thatthe property is located in one or more special flood hazard areas to provide adisclosure that states such information to a potential purchaser. The owner ofany residential real property upon which a stormwater management facility islocated is required to provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosurethat includes specifications, requirements, and a schedule of audits of suchfacility. Such disclosures are to be made on forms provided by the Real EstateBoard on its website. The bill also requires the landlord of a dwelling unitthat has actual knowledge that the dwelling unit is on property that is locatedin a special flood hazard area to provide to a prospective tenant a writtendisclosure that states such information prior to the execution by the tenant ofa written lease agreement or, in the case of an oral lease agreement, prior tooccupancy by the tenant. Any tenant who is not provided the required disclosuremay terminate the lease agreement at any time within 60 days of discovery thatthe property is located in a special flood hazard area. The bill adds to therequired disclosures for the buyer to beware that the owner makes norepresentation with respect to the condition or regulatory status of anyimpounding structure or dam on the property or under the ownership of thecommon interest community that the owner of the property is required to join,and purchasers are advised to exercise due diligence in determining suchinformation.

Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program established. Establishes the Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of annually providing to each Historically Black College or University in the Commonwealth (Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Virginia State University, and Virginia Union University) such sums as are necessary for each such institution to annually provide scholarships on a competitive basis to no more than two students who (i) identify as African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Native American or Native Alaskan, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; (ii) are accepted to or enrolled in such institution's education preparation program; and (iii) are eligible for a federal Pell Grant to attend such institution. The bill provides that each such scholarship would consist of the following sums: (a) the cost of tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and textbooks at such institution; (b) the recipient's teacher licensure fees; (c) $5,000 toward teacher professional development activities for the recipient, including coursework, seminars, and conferences; and (d) $10,000 toward mentorship of the recipient by an experienced teacher who is deemed by the relevant school board to be highly effective and able to provide high quality mentorship. The bill requires each student who is awarded a scholarship pursuant to the Program to agree in writing to (1) teach in a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth in which at least 75 percent of the enrolled students qualify for free or reduced price lunch or are members of families whose income is below the federal poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon graduation for a period that is at least as long as the period during which the recipient used scholarship funds to attend a Historically Black College or University and (2) be mentored by an experienced teacher, as described in clause (d), during such period of employment.