Commending Wolf Trap Foundation for the PerformingArts.
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Naturopathic doctors; license required. Requiresthe Board of Medicine to license and regulate naturopathic doctors.The practice of naturopathic medicine is defined in the bill as (i)a system of primary health care for the prevention, diagnosis, andtreatment of human health conditions, injury, and disease and (ii)the use of both naturopathic and traditional medical therapies topromote or restore whole patient health. The bill also establishes the Advisory Board on Naturopathic Medicine to assist the Board ofMedicine in formulating regulations related to the practice of naturopathicmedicine.
Campaign finance; prohibited contributions tocandidates. Prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and politicalcommittees from soliciting or accepting contributions from any publicutility, as defined in the bill, and prohibits any public utility or any political committee established by such public utility frommaking any such contribution.
Campaign contribution limits; civil penalty.Prohibits persons from making any single contribution, or any combinationof contributions, that exceeds $20,000 to any one candidate for Governor,Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the General Assembly inany one election cycle. No limits are placed on contributions madeby political party committees, the candidate, or the candidate'sfamily to the candidate's campaign. Civil penalties for violationsof the limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable BernardS. Cohen.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable AugustusBenton Chafin, Jr.
Commending the Honorable Bruce D. White.
Commending the Honorable Kimberly J. Daniel.
Commending the Honorable Janine M. Saxe.
Conservation of trees; Town of Vienna. Allows the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to require that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of treeson the development site such that the minimum tree canopy 10 yearsafter development is projected to meet specified coverage criteria.Currently, the criteria apply to coverage 20 years after development.