Commending Margaret L. Sanner.
Sponsored bills
Sports betting; Virginia college sports.Permits betting, with the exception of proposition betting, on Virginiacollege sports. Under current law, betting other than propositionbetting is allowed on all college sports except Virginia collegesports.
Commending Travis G. Hill.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Commending Scott McGeary.
Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocerystore workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leaveto health care providers and grocery store workers. Under currentlaw, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to certainhome health workers. The bill removes requirements that workers workon average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to beeligible for paid sick leave. The bill provides that certain healthcare providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for employers of certain other healthcare providers. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industryto develop guidelines for retail employers that sell groceries toprovide sick leave and to publish such guidelines by December 1,2024. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for theDepartment of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines have a delayedeffective date of January 1, 2025.
Residential development in certain areas; affordable housing. Provides that any type of residential use that is permittedin a locality shall be considered a conforming residential use onany parcel other than parcels zoned for (i) agriculture, (ii) conservation,or (iii) a different residential use. The bill states that no localordinance shall require that a special exception, special use, orconditional use permit be obtained for a conforming residential useand that rights under existing zoning shall be considered vestedpursuant to existing vesting provisions. The bill further providesthat any residential development pursuant to the authority grantedin the bill shall dedicate a minimum of 10 percent of the total numberof housing units to housing affordable to households making at orbelow 120 percent of the area median income.
Commending LeadingAge Virginia.