Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. DesignatesMay, in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Cystic Fibrosis AwarenessMonth in Virginia.
Tobacco retail licensing; penalties. Thebill prohibits any person from selling any tobacco product at retailwithout first obtaining a license from the Alcoholic Beverage ControlAuthority (the Authority). The bill prohibits the sale of tobaccoproducts and hemp products intended for smoking from vending machines.The bill imposes civil penalties on licensees for selling tobaccoproducts without a license and for selling tobacco products to personsunder age 21. Licenses would be subject to annual renewal and subject to revocation for violations of federal, state, or local laws relatedto tobacco products. The bill creates the Tobacco Retail AdministrationSubfund for the purpose of funding the Authority's costs of administeringlicenses and enforcing laws related to tobacco retail licensing. The bill updates, for the purpose of the crimeof selling or distributing tobacco products to a person younger than21 years of age, the definition of "tobacco products" by includingin such definition products currently defined as nicotine vapor productsor alternative nicotine products. The bill also removes provisionsprohibiting the attempt to purchase, purchase, or possess tobaccoproducts and hemp products intended for smoking by persons youngerthan 21 years of age. The bill also removes the exception allowingthe sale of tobacco products to active-duty military personnel whoare 18 years of age or older.
Constitutional amendment (first reference);legislative compensation; Legislative Compensation Commission.Establishes the Legislative Compensation Commission, charged withdetermining the salaries, allowances, and retirement benefits ofthe members of the General Assembly. Members would receive no compensationfrom the Commonwealth other than the compensation determined by theCommission. The Commission is established by appointment of the GeneralAssembly every four years beginning July 1, 2026.
Celebrating the life of Thomas Henry Francis.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable BernardS. Cohen.
Commending Redella S. Pepper.
Celebrating the life of Pauline Allen Mitchell.
Waste disposal; local approval. Requiresany application (i) to store, provide treatment for, or dispose ofhazardous waste or (ii) for a new solid waste management facilitypermit, except for a noncaptive industrial landfill, to include certificationfrom the governing body for each locality within a five-mile radiusof the facility, other than the locality in which the facility isor will be located, granting approval of the facility or activity.
Landfill siting; historic preservation.Prohibits the construction of any new municipal solid waste landfillwithin three miles of any designated historic district, building, structure, object, or site.
Constitutional amendment (first reference);marriage; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; recognition ofsame-sex marriages. Repeals the constitutional provision definingmarriage as only a union between one man and one woman, as well asthe related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of theUnited States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges,576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the Commonwealthand its political subdivisions and its agents are required to issuemarriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equallyunder the law, regardless of the gender of the two parties to themarriage. The amendment further provides that religious organizationsand clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuseto perform any marriage.
