Sen. Danny Diggs

Celebrating the life of John Oliver Wynne.

Commending the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation.

Carrying a firearm or explosive material intoa building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for highwayrest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearmor explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealthshall not apply to any highway rest area.

State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals theState Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissionsand zero-emissions vehicle standards that apply for vehicles witha model year of 2025 and later.

Free use of toll facilities; certain disabledveterans. Authorizes the free use of all toll bridges, toll roads,and other toll facilities in the Commonwealth for drivers who havebeen rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having a100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability. Thebill also replaces the current window sticker for certain personsexempted from tolls due to a disability with a specialized electronictoll collection device identifying such person as eligible for freepassage.

Governor; chief of staff and Governor's Secretaries.Provides that no chief of staff appointed by the Governor andno Secretary appointed by the Governor shall be members of each other'simmediate family when each is serving in his appointed capacityat the same time.

Law-enforcement officers; protected personalinformation. Provides that any law-enforcement officer who providesinformation relative to a criminal investigation or in proceedingspreliminary to a criminal prosecution may refuse, unless orderedby a court, to disclose his residence address, home telephone number,or any personal information concerning his family. The bill alsoprovides that any law-enforcement officer who testifies as a witnessin a criminal case may refuse to disclose personal information concerninghis family unless it is determined by the court that such evidenceis relevant to the case.

Displacement of private waste companies.Reduces from five years to one year the period of time a localitymust provide notice to a private waste company before the localityengages in the actual provision of the waste service that displaces the company.

Premarital agreements; enforcement. Providesthat a premarital agreement executed on or after July 1, 2024, shallnot be enforceable against a person who proves that the other partyto the agreement was convicted of criminal sexual assault of theperson against whom enforcement is sought or a child of the parties.

Timing of local elections. Allows a cityor town by majority vote of the local governing body to hold itsmunicipal elections on the first Tuesday in May for terms to commenceJuly 1, in which case the terms of council members shall be extendedby six months in order to implement the transition. Currently, citiesand towns must hold their municipal elections at the time of theNovember general election.