Sen. John A. Cosgrove, Jr.

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ratificationof the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the FifteenthAmendment to the Constitution of the United States. This resolutionis a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission.

Study; Department of Aviation; coordinationof the aviation industry for economic and workforce development;report. Requests the Department of Aviation to study the coordinationof stakeholders within the aviation industry for economic and workforcedevelopment. In conducting its study, the Department shall convenea work group with representation from the aviation industry, the Departmentof Education, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia,and other interested parties to explore issues related to the continueddevelopment of the aviation industry and workforce, in coordinationwith the Federal Aviation Administration and other responsible federalagencies.

Celebrating the life of Corporal Ryan C. McGhee,USA.

Year of the Eye Exam. Designates 2020 as the Year of the Eye Exam in Virginia.

Entitlement to sales tax revenues from certain public facilities; authorized localities and facilities; sunset. Adds the City of Chesapeake to the list of localities that are authorized to issue bonds for the construction of public facilities and retain sales and use tax revenue generated within such facilities to pay off such bonds. The bill adds outdoor amphitheater to the list of authorized public facilities, provided that a locality owns, wholly or partly, and contributes to the construction of such amphitheater, and extends until July 1, 2024, the period of time during which authorized localities may issue bonds for the construction of public facilities and retain sales and use tax revenue generated within such facilities to pay off such bonds. Under current law, such authority expires on July 1, 2020. This bill is identical to HB 906.

Professions and occupations; expediting the issuance of credentials to spouses of military service members. Provides for the expedited issuance of credentials to the spouses of military service members who are (i) ordered to federal active duty under Title 10 of the United States Code or (ii) veterans who have left active duty service within one year of the submission of an application to a board if the spouse accompanies the service member to the Commonwealth or an adjoining state or the District of Columbia. Under current law, the expedited review is provided more generally for active duty members of the military who are the subject of a military transfer to the Commonwealth. The bill also authorizes a regulatory board within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation or the Department of Health Professions or any other board in Title 54.1 (Professions and Occupations) to waive any requirement relating to experience if the board determines that the documentation provided by the applicant supports such waiver. This bill is identical to HB 967.

Celebrating the life of Bittle Wilson PorterfieldIII.

Celebrating the life of Jean F. Siebert.

Commending Robert M. Oman.

Celebrating the life of Wallace Woodrow Chadwick,Jr.