Commending Robert Eugene Foster, Jr.
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.
Commending the Virginia Society of Eye Physiciansand Surgeons.
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the swearingin of the first African American legislators to serve in the GeneralAssembly. Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the swearingin of the first African American legislators to serve in the GeneralAssembly and recognizes the individual legislators who served inthe House of Delegates and the Senate.
Celebrating the life of William Griffith Thomas.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable GeraldL. Baliles.
Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services for children 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2021.
Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Prohibits any locality, its employees, or its appointed commissions from discriminating (i) in the application of local land use ordinances or guidelines, or in the permitting of housing developments, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, elderliness, familial status, or handicap or (ii) in the permitting of housing developments because the housing development contains or is expected to contain affordable housing units occupied or intended for occupancy by families or individuals with incomes at or below 80 percent of the median income of the area where the housing development is located or is proposed to be located, unless at the time of the municipal decision, a proposed development will be located in a census tract wherein more than 50 percent of the units serve families or individuals at or below 80 percent of the median income of the area. The bill also requires the Fair Housing Board, after determining the existence of an unlawful discriminatory housing practice and after consultation with the Attorney General, to immediately refer the matter to the Attorney General for civil action.
Commending Advocates for Richmond Youth andthe Youth Housing Stability Coalition of Greater Richmond.
Commending Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.