Pharmaceutical processors; off-site dispensinglocations. Allows each pharmaceutical processor to whom a permit has been issued by the Board of Pharmacy to operate up to five off-site dispensing locations for the dispensing of cannabidiol oil and THC-Aoil.
Hunting with dogs; retrieval and trespass; discharge of firearm on road; civil and criminal penalties. Prohibits a dog owner from allowing his dog to run at large on the property of another after the landowner has given notice to the dog owner to keep dogs off the property. The bill provides for a civil penalty of $100 per dog enforced by animal control, conservation police, and other law-enforcement officers and a civil penalty of $250 per occurrence for a second or subsequent occurrence. The bill contains an exception to the penalty if the dog's owner or custodian releases the dog on property measuring 500 acres or more that is owned or leased by him or on which he has written permission to hunt.The bill provides that the release of a hunting dog on a public road or on either side of such road within 100 feet of the centerline is a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill also requires a hunter of game other than fox or raccoon, when going on prohibited lands to retrieve his dog, to obtain the permission of the owner or occupant of the property before entering such prohibited lands. A violation of such is a Class 4 misdemeanor.Finally, the bill makes it a Class 4 misdemeanor to discharge a firearm or bow within 75 feet of either side of the centerline of a road. Current law prohibits such discharge in or across any road, within the right-of-way thereof, or in a street of any city or town. The bill includes technical changes.
Corporate income tax; combined reporting requirements. Requires, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021,unitary combined reporting for Virginia corporate income tax purposes.
Minimum wage; tipped employees. Providesthat the cash wage paid to a tipped employee, as defined in the bill, shall not be less than 50 percent of the minimum wage and that thetip credit shall equal the difference between the cash wage requiredto be paid to a tipped employee and the minimum wage.
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wagefrom its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $9.75per hour, effective July 1, 2020; to $10.75 per hour, effective July1, 2021; to $11.75 per hour, effective July 1, 2022; to $12.75 perhour, effective July 1, 2023; to $14 per hour, effective July 1,2024; and to $15 per hour, effective July 1, 2025, unless a higherminimum wage is required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The measure also provides that the Virginia minimum wage appliesto persons whose employment is covered by the FLSA and to publicemployees.
Constitution of the United States; Equal RightsAmendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitutionof the United States that was proposed by Congress in 1972.
Commending the Washington Nationals.
Student journalists; freedom of speech andthe press. Declares that, except in certain limited circumstances,a student journalist at a public middle school or high school orpublic institution of higher education has the right to exercisefreedom of speech and the press in school-sponsored media, includingdetermining the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content ofschool-sponsored media, regardless of whether the media is supported financially by the school board or governing board, supported throughthe use of school or campus facilities, or produced in conjunctionwith a class or course in which the student is enrolled. The billdefines "school-sponsored media" as any material that is prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalistat a public middle school or high school or public institution ofhigher education under the direction of a student media adviser anddistributed or generally made available to members of the studentbody.
Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.
Commending the Washington Nationals.
