Commending Williamsburg Parent Cooperative Preschool.
Sponsored bills
Commending Shirley Morrow Marshall.
Commending Joe Taylor.
Commending Temple Beth El of Williamsburg.
Celebrating the life of E. Bruce Heilman.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable CharlesHenry Duff, Jr.
School principals; incident reports. Eliminates the requirement that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense. This bill is identical to HB 257.
Teachers in certain schools for students withdisabilities; provisional licenses; extension. Requires the Boardof Education to extend for at least one additional year, but forno more than two additional years, the three-year provisional licenseof a teacher employed in a school for students with disabilitiesthat is licensed by the Board upon receiving from the school administratorof such school (i) a recommendation for such extension and (ii) satisfactoryperformance evaluations for such teacher for each year of the originalthree-year provisional license. The provisions of the bill mirrorcurrent law relating to the extension of provisional licenses forpublic school teachers.
Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury or disease. Provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease and that such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician. The bill is intended to reverse Kiser v. A.W. Chesteron, 285 Va. 12 (2013). This bill is identical to HB 781.
Same-sex marriages; civil unions. Repeals the statutory prohibitions on same-sex marriages and civil unions or other arrangements between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges and obligations of marriage. These prohibitions are no longer valid due to the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015). This bill incorporates SB 39 and is identical to HB 1490.