Sen. Janet Howell

Celebrating the life of Charles S. Miller, Jr.

Commending the Canines-N-Kids Foundation.

Celebrating the life of Georgia Bellman.

Commending Girl Scout Troop 56002.

Commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. RobertRussa Moton.

Study; JLARC; privately operated prisons; report.Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, in consultationwith the Department of Corrections, to study the use of privatelyoperated prisons in the Commonwealth.

Worker classification; penalties. Prohibits acontractor from classifying an individual who performs delivery services orconstruction labor services for the contractor as the contractor's independentcontractor if he is an employee of the contractor. An individual performingsuch services for a contractor shall be presumed to be an employee of thecontractor unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Laborand Industry that (i) the individual has been and will continue to be free fromcontrol or direction over the performance of the services performed by theindividual for wages, both under his contract of service and in fact; (ii) theservices are either outside the usual course of the business for which suchservices are performed or such services are performed outside of all the placesof business of the enterprise for which such services are performed; and (iii)such individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation,profession, or business. Other factors applicable to such a determination inthe case of an individual performing construction labor services are whetherthe individual maintained a workplace that is subject to inspection pursuant tooccupational safety and health laws and whether the individual has beenassigned an experience rating tax rate for purposes of unemploymentcompensation. Violators are subject to civil penalties and debarment frompublic contracts. The measure requires a contractor entering into a publiccontract to provide an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, attesting that (a)each individual performing delivery services or construction labor services isproperly classified; (b) the contractor has completed a federal I-9 immigrationform and has such form on file for each employee; (c) the contractor hascomplied with requirements for participation with the E-verify program for eachemployee; (d) the contractor has no reasonable basis to believe that anyindividual performing services for such contractor is an undocumented worker;and (e) the contractor is not barred from contracting with the public body.

Study; Interstate 66 Corridor Improvement Plan.Requests the Commonwealth Transportation Board to study safety, congestion,and tolling concerns on Interstate 66 and to develop and adopt anInterstate 66 Corridor Improvement Plan.

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum);reapportionment; technical adjustments permitted. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2020, election to approve or rejectan amendment that would allow the General Assembly to make technicaladjustments to legislative election district boundaries in the periodbetween decennial reapportionments, provided that the adjustment'ssole purpose is to align legislative election district boundarieswith the boundaries of voting precincts established in counties andcities.

Death penalty executions; moratorium. Imposesa moratorium on executions. The bill does not affect any other matterof law related to the death penalty, including bringing and tryingcapital charges, sentencing proceedings, imposition of the deathpenalty, appeals of the death penalty, and habeas review. The moratorium will remain in effect until adjournment of the first regular sessionof the General Assembly after a joint subcommittee established pursuantto a joint resolution passed by the 2020 General Assembly conductsa study of the death penalty in the Commonwealth and issues a reportof its conclusions and recommendations.