Celebrating the life of Frederick Cameron.
Sponsored bills
Commending Kirk Kincannon.
Corporate income tax; combined reporting requirements. Requires, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022,unitary combined reporting for Virginia corporate income tax purposes.The bill also expires the minimum tax on telecommunications companiesbeginning in taxable year 2022.
Project labor agreements; public interest.Requires that for contracts requiring the design or constructionof a road, highway, bridge, or similar transportation improvement,a public body wishing to enter into a project labor agreement shallfirst determine by written finding that participation in such projectlabor agreement advances the public interest, based on objectivecriteria established by the public body by regulation, ordinance,or resolution that may include cost, efficiency, quality, safety,timeliness, maintenance of a skilled labor force, labor stability,or advancing minority-owned or women-owned business participationin the project.
Recognizing that global warming caused by humanactivity has resulted in a climate and ecological emergency.Expresses the sense of the General Assembly in recognizing that global warming caused by human activity that increases emissions of greenhousegases has resulted in a climate and ecological emergency.
Voting Rights for Women Month. DesignatesNovember, in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Voting Rights forWomen Month in Virginia.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable BernardS. Cohen.
Constitutional amendment (first reference);marriage; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; recognition ofsame-sex marriages. Repeals the constitutional provision definingmarriage as only a union between one man and one woman, as well asthe related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of theUnited States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges,576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the Commonwealthand its political subdivisions and its agents are required to issuemarriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equallyunder the law, regardless of the gender of the two parties to themarriage. The amendment further provides that religious organizationsand clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuseto perform any marriage.
Celebrating the life of Michael Stephen Horwatt.
Commending Wolf Trap Foundation for the PerformingArts.