Sen. Ghazala Hashmi

Commending the Virginia Center for InclusiveCommunities.

Commending the Innsbrook Foundation.

Celebrating the life of Rufus Colfax PhillipsIII.

Celebrating the life of Sidney J. Gunst, Jr.

End Stage Renal Disease Patient Navigator Network. Directs the Department of Health to establish the End State RenalDisease Patient Navigator Network to assist persons diagnosed withend stage renal disease in navigating through the health care system.The bill permits the Department to contract with other entities toestablish the Network and provide services to qualified patients.

Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hatecrimes and bias-motivated acts directed toward Asian Americans andPacific Islanders; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the increase in hate crimes and bias-motivated acts directedtoward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Commonwealth.

Creation of Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman. Creates the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office). The bill enumerates the duties and powers of the Office, which include (i) providing information, as appropriate, to inmates, family members, representatives of inmates, Department of Corrections (the Department) employees and contractors, and others regarding the rights of inmates; (ii) monitoring conditions of confinement and assessing compliance with applicable federal, state, and local rules, regulations, policies, and best practices as related to the health, safety, welfare, and rehabilitation of inmates; (iii) providing technical assistance to support inmate participation in self-advocacy; (iv) providing technical assistance to local governments in the creation of correctional facility oversight bodies, as requested; (v) establishing a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze data related to complaints received by the Department and data related to (a) deaths, suicides, and suicide attempts in custody; (b) physical and sexual assaults in custody; (c) the number of inmates placed in solitary confinement; (d) the number of facility lockdowns lasting longer than 24 hours; (e) the number of staff vacancies at each facility; (f) the inmate-to-staff ratios at each facility; (g) staff tenure and turnover; and (h) the number of in-person visits to inmates that were made and denied at each facility; (vi) establishing procedures to gather stakeholder input into the Office's activities and priorities, which must include, at a minimum, an annual 30-day period for receipt of and Office response to public comment; (vii) inspecting each state correctional facility at least once every three years and at least once every year for any maximum security facility and any facility where the Office has found cause for more frequent inspection or monitoring; and (viii) issuing publicly periodic facility inspection reports and an annual report with recommendations on the state correctional facilities and a summary of data and recommendations arising from any complaints investigated and resolved.The bill also establishes a Corrections Oversight Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Department of Corrections Ombudsman. The bill additionally outlines the Office's authority to conduct inspections of each Department or Board of Local and Regional Jails facility and requires the submission of an annual report to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the House Committee on Public Safety, and the Director of the Department.

Landfill siting; proximity to private wells.Prohibits the siting of a new municipal solid waste landfill within one mile upgradient of any existing private well.

Providing access to adjoining property to makeimprovements or repairs. Allows an owner or lessee of real propertywho seeks to improve, repair, or maintain his property, and the propertyis so situated that it is impossible to perform the improvements,repairs, or maintenance without entering adjoining property and permissionto enter the adjoining property has been denied, to petition thecircuit court for a license to enter the adjoining property for thepurpose of performing the improvements, repairs, or maintenance.The petition and affidavits, if any, shall state the facts making such entry necessary and the date or dates on which entry is sought.The bill provides that such license shall be granted by the courtin an appropriate case upon such terms as justice requires. Any such entry shall not be deemed a trespass and the licensee shall be liableto the adjoining owner or his lessee for actual damages occurringas a result of the entry.

Study; Joint Commission on Technology and Science;semiconductor industry expansion; report. Directs the Joint Commissionon Technology and Science to study the challenges and opportunitiesto expand the semiconductor industry in the Commonwealth. The Commissionshall submit its findings no later than the first day of the 2023Regular Session of the General Assembly.