Sen. Bryce Reeves

Commending Old House Vineyards.

Commending the Saint Michael the Archangel HighSchool football team.

HOV lanes; autocycles. Provides that thedesignation of a highway lane as an HOV lane shall not apply to theuse of such lane by autocycles.

Charitable gaming; regulations of the Charitable Gaming Board; creation of systems to ensure the integrity of certain games. Requires the Charitable Gaming Board to adopt regulations that create a system for ensuring the integrity of the management, operation, and conduct of instant bingo, pull tabs, and seal cards. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations that create a system that requires each electronic game of chance device approved by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to be connected to a central monitoring and audit system for the purpose of ensuring the integrity of such devices. The bill requires that such system provide the ability to audit and account for device revenues and distributions in a timely and accurate manner. The bill requires that each electronic game of chance device store certain specified information and that such information also be stored on a server, which shall be backed up at least once per day to an offsite storage facility controlled by the qualified organization. The bill provides that the regulations shall require that the server and offsite backup storage be accessible to the Board and employees of the Board and subject to third-party checks and validation as may be required by the Board. Finally, the bill requires the Board to adopt regulations that prohibit the remote modification or manipulation of Department-approved electronic games of chance.

Individual and corporate income tax credit;employers of military spouses. Provides for taxable years 2020through 2024 a nonrefundable tax credit against individual and corporate income taxes for (i) wages paid by an employer to the spouse of an active member of the United States armed forces or (ii) income ofa self-employed spouse of an active member of the United States armedforces. The amount of the credit shall be 25 percent of such wagesor income. The bill allows a taxpayer to carry unused credits overfor up to five taxable years.

Income tax; subtraction for low-income military veterans with a permanent service-connected disability. Provides an income tax subtraction for the military retirement income received by a veteran who has been rated with a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability. The bill provides that the subtraction is available only to those taxpayers whose federal adjusted gross income is no greater than 150 percent of the federal poverty level for a four-person household.

Individual and corporate income tax credit;employers of National Guard members and self-employed National Guardmembers. Provides for taxable years 2020 through 2024 a nonrefundabletax credit against individual and corporate income taxes for (i) wages paid by an employer to an employee who is a Virginia NationalGuard member or (ii) income of a self-employed National Guard memberattributable to his business. The amount of the credit shall be 25percent if such member was in a military pay status for 65 days ormore during such taxable year or 15 percent if such member was ina military pay status for 45 days or more during such taxable year.The credit shall not be allowed if such member was in a militarypay status for less than 45 days during such taxable year.

Individual and corporate income tax credit;employers of National Guard members and self-employed National Guardmembers. Provides for taxable years 2020 through 2024 a nonrefundabletax credit against individual and corporate income taxes for (i) wages paid by an employer to an employee who is an active or reserveVirginia National Guard member or (ii) income of a self-employedactive or reserve Virginia National Guard member attributable to his business. The amount of the credit shall be 25 percent if such memberwas in a military pay status for 65 days or more during such taxableyear or 15 percent if such member was in a military pay status forat least 45 days but less than 65 days during such taxable year.The credit shall not be allowed if such member was in a military pay status for less than 45 days during such taxable year. The billallows a taxpayer to carry unused credits over for up to five taxableyears.

Local hunting and firearm regulation. Prohibits any city or county east of the Interstate 95 corridor from prohibiting otherwise lawful hunting of migratory game birds in the jurisdictional waters of the Commonwealth and provides that no stake or stationary waterfowl blind that is erected in such public waters shall be located less than 150 yards from any occupied residence, church, or commercial building, unless the owner gives written permission to locate the blind or stake closer to the residence, church, or commercial building.

Constitutional amendment (second resolution);personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle owned by a veteran who is disabled. Provides that one motor vehicle of a veteranwho has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disabilityshall be exempt from state and local taxes. The amendment providesthat only automobiles and pickup trucks qualify for the exemption.Additionally, the exemption is only applicable on the date the motorvehicle is acquired or the effective date of the amendment, whicheveris later, and is not applicable for any period of time prior to theeffective date of the amendment.