Sen. Tommy Norment

High school student parking passes; valid driver'slicense or driver privilege card required. Requires each publichigh school to require any student who applies to obtain a pass topark a vehicle on school property to provide evidence that the studentpossesses a valid driver's license or driver privilege card.

Additional local sales and use tax to supportschools. Adds Isle of Wight County to the list of localitiesthat, under current law, are authorized to impose an additional localsales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, with the revenueused only for capital projects for the construction or renovationof schools.

State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; disclosure requirements; industrial development authorities and economic development authorities. Requires the executive director and members of each industrial development authority and economic development authority, as created by the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act, in a locality with a population in excess of 25,000 or in a region serving more than one locality that, in the aggregate, has a population in excess of 25,000 to file a Statement of Economic Interests (SOEI) with the clerk of the local governing body as a condition to assuming office and thereafter annually on or before February 1. Current law requires all executive directors and members of industrial development authorities and economic development authorities, as created by the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act, to file a SOEI.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; VirginiaParole Board member votes. Provides that individual votes ofthe members of the Virginia Parole Board shall be public recordsand subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of InformationAct.

Capitol Square Preservation Council; powersand duties; review and approval of plans for changes to artifactscontained within the Capitol Building. Grants the Capitol SquarePreservation Council the authority to review and approve all plansor proposals for alterations, improvements, additions, or renovationsto, or other disposition of, any monuments, statuary, artwork, orother historical artifacts contained within the Capitol Building,including within the old and new Senate chambers, the old and newhalls of the House of Delegates, and the Rotunda.

Facilitate the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine; emergency. Facilitates the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill requires the Department of Health (the Department) to establish a program to enable eligible health care providers to volunteer to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to residents of the Commonwealth during a state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the Governor. The bill defines "eligible health care provider" and provides that the program shall include (i) a process by which an eligible health care provider may register to participate in the program and (ii) the training requirements for participating eligible health care providers related to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, including training on the intramuscular injection of the COVID-19 vaccine and contraindications and side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill specifies requirements that the Department shall ensure that each site at which COVID-19 vaccinations are administered by eligible health care providers satisfies. The bill also requires the Department to establish a process by which entities, including medical care facilities, hospitals, hospital systems, corporations, businesses, pharmacies, public and private institutions of higher education, localities, and any other professional or community entity operating in the Commonwealth, may volunteer their facilities as sites at which the COVID-19 vaccine may be administered to residents of the Commonwealth. The bill permits a public institution of higher education or a private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to volunteer to provide assistance to the Department and local health departments for data processing, analytics, and program development related to the COVID-19 vaccine through the use of its employees, students, technology, and facilities. The bill also permits localities with fire departments, emergency medical services departments, and volunteer rescue squads to establish and staff vaccine administration clinics. The bill provides civil and criminal immunity to individuals and professional entities acting pursuant to the bill and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 2333.

Commending the Williamsburg Health Foundation.

Commending Darrell W. Warren, Jr.

Celebrating the life of Edward A. Chappell,Jr.

Celebrating the life of Mary Esterine HundleyMoyler.