Sen. Dave Marsden

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institutionof higher education from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissionsapplication that contains questions about the criminal history ofthe applicant; (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basisof any criminal history information provided by the applicant onany third-party admissions application accepted by the institution;or (iii) otherwise inquiring about the criminal history of an applicantfor admission prior to the applicant receiving a conditional offerof acceptance from the institution.

In-state tuition; domicile; individuals grantedDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Declares that, absentcongressional intent to the contrary, any individual currently grantedDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by U.S. Citizenship and ImmigrationServices has the capacity to intend to remain in the Commonwealthindefinitely and is therefore eligible to establish domicile andreceive in-state tuition charges at any public institution of highereducation in the Commonwealth.

Commending William H. Goodwin, Jr.

Appointment of a guardian ad litem; court-orderedcustody and visitation arrangements; best interests of a child; appointmentin circuit or district court. Provides that the court may appointa guardian ad litem to represent the best interests of a child inany case in which the custody or visitation of a child is at issue,regardless of whether the case is in a circuit or district court.

Employment; disclosure of terms. Requiresevery employer to furnish to its employees, at the time of the employee'shiring, (i) a written disclosure of information regarding the termsof employment, including the name and address of the employer, therate of pay and basis thereof, and the regular payday; and (ii) aphysical or digital copy of the driver's license or government-issuedidentification card of the employer, if the employer is a naturalperson, or the employee's immediate supervisor, if the employer isnot an individual. The measure also requires employers to notify theiremployees in writing of any changes to this information.

Electric utility regulation; clean energy standard.Replaces the voluntary renewable energy portfolio standard programwith a mandatory clean energy standard (CES) program that sets requirementsfor all investor-owned electric utilities and cooperative electricutilities. The CES program requires 30 percent of the total electricenergy sold by each utility in 2030 to be clean energy, which isdefined as electricity generated without emitting carbon dioxideor generated by a natural gas-fired facility with 80 percent carboncapture or a coal-fired facility with 90 percent carbon capture.The CES Goals increase incrementally in future years until 2050 andthereafter, by which time 100 percent of the electric energy soldis required to be clean energy. The measure requires a utility thatfails to meet a CES Goal to pay a compliance payment. The measure also requires each electric utility (i) to include a clean energyplan in each of its integrated resource plans and (ii) by January1, 2030, to decommission all of its coal-fired electric generationfacilities.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Mary T.Christian.

Collective bargaining for public employees.Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by publicemployees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board,which will determine appropriate bargaining units and provide forcertification and decertification elections for exclusive bargainingrepresentatives of state employees and local government employees.The measure requires public employers and employee organizationsthat are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonabletimes to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, andother terms and conditions of employment. The measure repeals a provisionenacted in 2013 that declares that, in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organizationto represent employees, the right of an individual employee to voteby secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteedfrom infringement.

Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review.Exempts a solar facility that is 150 megawatts or less from the requirementthat it be reviewed for substantial accord with a locality's comprehensiveplan.

Right to reproductive choice. Provides thatevery individual has a fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptionand that a pregnant person has a fundamental right to choose to carrya pregnancy to term, give birth to a child, or terminate a pregnancy.The bill states that the Commonwealth shall not, in the regulationor provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information, denyor interfere with an individual's fundamental rights, including individualsunder state control or supervision. The bill states that any stateor local official who is charged with violating provisions of thissection shall be subject to an action in federal or state court forinjunctive relief and damages. Such action may be brought by any person or entity that may be aggrieved by such official's actions.