Sen. John McGuire

Destroying or tampering with firefightingor emergency medical services equipment or law-enforcement equipmentand vehicles; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor toa Class 6 felony the penalty for injuring, destroying, removing,or tampering with any firefighting equipment or apparatus, emergency medical services vehicle, or law-enforcement vehicle or equipment.The bill also adds to this prohibition such interference with anyother equipment or apparatus used by emergency medical services personnelor law-enforcement officers.

Special hunting and fishing license for disabledveterans; 50 percent disabled. Authorizes any resident veteranwho has a service-connected disability of 50 percent or more to receiveat no cost from the Department of Wildlife Resources a lifetime licenseto hunt and freshwater fish. Current law authorizes the provisionof such license at no cost to a veteran who is totally and permanentlydisabled and at half-cost to a veteran who is 70 percent disabled.

Firearm-free zones designated by the Commonwealthor a locality; waiver of sovereign immunity. Provides that if(i) the Commonwealth designates any property owned by it as a firearm-freezone or (ii) any locality designates such locality or any part ofsuch locality as a firearm-free zone, the Commonwealth or such localitywaives its sovereign immunity as it relates to any injuries sustainedby persons lawfully present in such firearm-free zone.

Parole; investigation prior to release.Provides that the Parole Board shall contact the victim prior to making any decision to release any inmate on discretionary parole.The bill provides that the term "victim" includes a spouse, parent,sibling, or legal guardian of a person who was the victim of a homicide.

Voting Rights for Women Month. DesignatesNovember, in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Voting Rights forWomen Month in Virginia.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable MamyeE. BaCote.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable AugustusBenton Chafin, Jr.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable AugustusBenton Chafin, Jr.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable RobertS. Bloxom, Sr.

Individual and corporate income tax credit;employers of National Guard members and self-employed National Guardmembers. Provides for taxable years 2020 through 2024 a nonrefundabletax credit against individual and corporate income taxes for (i) wages paid by an employer to an employee who is an active or reserveVirginia National Guard member or (ii) income of a self-employedactive or reserve Virginia National Guard member attributable to his business. The amount of the credit shall be 25 percent if such memberwas in a military pay status for 65 days or more during such taxableyear or 15 percent if such member was in a military pay status forat least 45 days but less than 65 days during such taxable year.The credit shall not be allowed if such member was in a military pay status for less than 45 days during such taxable year. The billallows a taxpayer to carry unused credits over for up to five taxableyears.