Sen. Dave Marsden

Commending John F. Reinhart.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable GeraldL. Baliles.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Eva MaeFleming Scott.

Study; JLARC; reinstatement of discretionaryparole; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and ReviewCommission to study the reinstatement of discretionary parole, whichwas abolished in 1995.

Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms; regulation;insurance; taxation. Establishes taxation, insurance coverage, sale of insurance, disclosure, safety recall, airport operation,and recordkeeping requirements for peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms,as defined in the bill.

Voter registration; preregistration for personsage 16 or older. Permits a person who is otherwise qualified to register to vote and is 16 years of age or older, but who will notbe 18 years of age on or before the day of the next general election,to preregister to vote. The preregistration does not entitle sucha person to vote in any election except as already permitted by law.The bill requires the Department of Elections to maintain a recordof all preregistered voters in the Virginia voter registration system,which shall automatically register a person who is preregisteredupon that person reaching 18 years or age or becoming eligible foradvance registration as already permitted by law, whichever comesfirst. The bill requires the Department to provide to the generalregistrars voter confirmation documents for such voters.

Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms; taxation. Provides that peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms, as defined in the bill, are rentors for the purposes of taxation.

High-nicotine vapor products; specialtyretail facility; penalty. Prohibits the sale of nicotine vaporproducts that contain more than 20 milligrams of nicotine per milliliterat retail except at a retail facility that generates at least 50percent of its revenue from the sale of tobacco products; nicotinevapor products, including liquid nicotine; and alternative nicotineproducts. The bill provides that any person who violates this prohibitionis guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

Health insurance; payment to out-of-networkproviders. Provides that when a covered person receives coveredemergency services from an out-of-network health care provider or receives out-of-network services at an in-network facility, the coveredperson is not required to pay the out-of-network provider any amountother than the applicable cost-sharing requirement. The measure alsoestablishes a standard for calculating the health carrier's requiredpayment to the out-of-network provider of the services, which standardis the lower of the market-based value for the service or 125 percentof the amount that would be paid under Medicare for the service.If such provider determines that the amount to be paid by the healthcarrier does not comply with the applicable requirements, the measure requires the provider and the health carrier to make a good faitheffort to reach a resolution on the appropriate amount of the reimbursementand, if a resolution is not reached, authorizes either party to request the State Corporation Commission to review the disputed reimbursement amount and determine if the amount complies with applicable requirements.The measure provides that such provisions do not apply to an entitythat provides or administers self-insured or self-funded plans; however, such entities may elect to be subject such provisions. Themeasure requires health carriers to make reports to the Bureau ofInsurance and directs the Bureau to provide reports to certain committeesof the General Assembly.

Speed monitoring devices; civil penalty. Authorizes law-enforcement officers to operate photo speed monitoring devices, defined in the bill, in or around school crossing zones and highway work zones for the purpose of recording images of vehicles that are traveling at speeds of at least 10 miles per hour above the posted school crossing zone or highway work zone speed limit within such school crossing zone or highway work zone when such highway work zone is indicated by conspicuously placed signs displaying the maximum speed limit and the use of such photo speed monitoring device. The bill provides that the operator of a vehicle shall be liable for a monetary civil penalty, not to exceed $125, if such vehicle is found to be traveling at speeds of at least 10 miles per hour above the posted highway work zone or school crossing zone speed limit by the photo speed monitoring device. The bill provides that if the summons for a violation is issued by mail the violation shall not be reported on the driver's operating record or to the driver's insurance agency, but if the violation is personally issued by an officer at the time of the violation, such violation shall be part of the driver's record and used for insurance purposes. The bill provides that the civil penalty will be paid to the locality in which the violation occurred.