Sen. John A. Cosgrove, Jr.

Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers. Provides thatif a retired law-enforcement officer was employed by a local schooldivision as a school security officer on January 1, 2020, and hada bona fide break in service of at least one month between retirementand employment as a school security officer, such person is not requiredto establish a 12-month break in service that would otherwise berequired by law.

Commending Trooper Jonathan R. Davis.

Commending Lynwood Butner.

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.

Small Estate Act; payment of funeral expenses.Changes from discretionary to mandatory the provision that any personholding a small asset of a decedent pay or deliver up to $4,000 ofsuch asset to the undertaker or mortuary handling the funeral ofthe decedent upon request of a successor of the decedent.

Gifts of real estate; requirements. Prohibitsa clerk of court from recording a deed of gift conveying real estateunless it is accompanied by a certified copy of the existing deedshowing the name of the current owner of the property.

Criminal proceedings; evidence of defendant'smental condition. Repeals provisions permitting the admissionof evidence by the defendant concerning a defendant's mental conditionat the time of an alleged offense, including expert testimony, ifsuch evidence is relevant, is not evidence concerning an ultimateissue of fact, and (i) tends to show the defendant did or did nothave the intent required for the offense charged and (ii) is otherwiseadmissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence. The bill alsoremoves provisions permitting a court to issue an emergency custodyorder in cases where such evidence was admitted and repeals provisionsrequiring the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Courtto collect data regarding the cases that use such evidence.

Elections; filling vacancies in the GeneralAssembly; certain vacancies to be filled within 30 days. Requiresthe writ of election to fill a vacancy in the membership of the GeneralAssembly that occurs between December 10 and March 1 to order that the special election take place no more than 30 days from the dateof such vacancy.

Commending George Mason University.

Celebrating the life of Commander Brian MichaelBourgeois, USN.