Del. Anne Ferrell Tata

Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders. Provides that no rule, regulation, or order issued declaring a state of emergency may remain effective for more than seven days without approval of at least two-thirds of all members elected to each house of the General Assembly. The bill also provides that a rule, regulation, or order issued declaring a state of emergency may be renewed but not for longer than 30 days without the approval of at least two-thirds of all members elected to each house of the General Assembly. The bill contains technical amendments.

Commending Jesse Waltz.

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

School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense. This bill was incorporated into SB 36.

Administrative Process Act; regulations; public notice and economic impact; prohibition on certain regulations. Requires that an agency prepare a detailed notice of intended regulatory action for any regulation that it plans to promulgate. The bill requires that prior to publication by the Registrar of Regulations, the notice of intended regulatory action be submitted to the Attorney General for a determination as to whether the agency has the explicit authority to promulgate the regulation as proposed in the notice of intended regulatory action. The bill requires the Attorney General to report the notice of intended regulatory action and its determination to the Governor for approval. Within 10 days after publication by the Registrar of a notice of intended regulatory action for a proposed regulation, either the chairman or vice-chairman of the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules may submit a written directive to the agency that prepared the notice for the agency to hold a preliminary public hearing and comment period on the notice of intended regulatory action. The bill prescribes requirements for the conduct of such public hearings on regulatory matters. The bill requires the Department of Planning and Budget to prepare an economic impact analysis of the proposed regulation that includes a qualitative analysis of the regulation and a detailed quantitative analysis of the impact of the regulation, which must include analysis of the implementation and compliance costs that are reasonably expected to be incurred by or passed along to the businesses, localities, and individuals that may be affected by the proposed regulation. The bill requires the Department of Planning and Budget to determine whether $10 million or more in implementation and compliance costs are reasonably expected to be incurred by or passed along to businesses, localities, and individuals over any two-year period as a result of the proposed regulation. After the Department of Planning and Budget submits an economic impact analysis for a proposed regulation to the legislature but before the agency submits the proposed regulation for final approval by the Governor, the chairman or vice-chairman of the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules may request an independent economic impact analysis to be prepared by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission for the proposed regulation. The Department of Planning and Budget is required to provide a detailed explanation of any variance between estimates in the two economic impact analyses. If either economic impact analysis indicates $10 million or more in implementation and compliance costs, the bill requires the agency proposing the regulation to stop work on the proposed regulation until the regulation is modified to reduce its costs to below the $10 million threshold or a bill is enacted explicitly allowing the regulation to proceed.

Commending the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Commending the Honorable Mark Cole.

Commending George Mason University.

Public school libraries; printed and audiovisualmaterials; selection, evaluation, checkout, and removal procedures.Requires each local school board to adopt policies that addressthe selection and evaluation of all printed and audiovisual materialspurchased by, donated to, or otherwise made available to the schooldivision that will be available to students in school libraries andrequires such policies to contain clear procedures for (i) parentalinvolvement in and a reasonable opportunity for public comment before the selection and evaluation of printed and audiovisual materialsthat will be available to students in school libraries; (ii) mandatoryprior written parental consent before a student is permitted to checkout from the school library any such printed or audiovisual materialsthat could be considered grooming video or materials, as that termis defined in relevant law; and (iii) the removal from the schoollibrary of any such printed or audiovisual materials that could beconsidered grooming video or materials, as that term is defined inrelevant law.