Commending Virginia Housing.
Sponsored bills
Elections; form of ballot; party identificationof candidates on ballots; constitutional officers. Extends toelections for constitutional officers the requirement that ballotsidentify the nominating political party for party candidates andidentify independent candidates as such. Currently, this requirementapplies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.
Public institutions of higher education; debtcollection; transcripts and diplomas. Prohibits public institutionsof higher education from (i) refusing to provide a transcript ordiploma for a current or former student on the grounds that the studentowes a debt; (ii) conditioning the provision of a transcript or diplomafor a current or former student on the payment of a debt, other thana fee charged to provide the transcript or diploma; (iii) charginga higher fee to a current or former student for obtaining a transcript or diploma, or providing less favorable treatment of a transcriptor diploma request because a current or former student owes a debt;or (iv) using transcript or diploma issuance as a tool for debt collection.The bill states that any violation of these provisions constitutesa prohibited practice and is subject to any and all of the enforcementprovisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
Celebrating the life of J. Kenneth Klinge.
Celebrating the life of Naval Air Crewman 2ndClass James P. Buriak, USN.
Celebrating the life of Warren Ballinger French,Jr.
Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Paul R.Fridley, USN.
Celebrating the life of Connor Garstka.
Commending the Richmond Free Press.
Family life education programs; student participation; summaries. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary schoolstudent from participating in any family life education program withoutthe prior written consent of his parent. The bill requires the summarythat is required to be posted and distributed to parents for eachsuch program to include contact information for the individual oroffice responsible for maintaining printed and audio-visual programmaterials.