Subdivision ordinance; energy efficiency andrenewable energy provisions. Authorizes a local governing bodyto include in its subdivision ordinance provisions for establishingminimum standards of energy efficiency and establishing and maintainingaccess to sources of renewable energy.
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.
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.
Death penalty executions; moratorium. Imposesa moratorium on executions. The bill does not affect any other matterof law related to the death penalty, including bringing and tryingcapital charges, sentencing proceedings, imposition of the deathpenalty, appeals of the death penalty, and habeas review. The moratorium will remain in effect until adjournment of the first regular sessionof the General Assembly after a joint subcommittee established pursuantto a joint resolution passed by the 2020 General Assembly conductsa study of the death penalty in the Commonwealth and issues a reportof its conclusions and recommendations.
Electric utilities; retail competition. Shortens fromfive years to three years the period that a customer who switches from aninvestor-owned electric utility to a licensed competing supplier is barred fromreturning as a customer of the utility. The measure provides that if a singleperson purchases electric energy from a licensed supplier and such electricenergy is composed of a percentage of renewable energy equal to or greater thanthe percentage of renewable energy that the licensed supplier is required toprovide pursuant to any renewable energy portfolio standard, such person willconstitute a single retail customer, notwithstanding that service is providedto noncontiguous sites. Under current law, for the purposes of purchasingenergy from a licensed competing supplier, noncontiguous sites are consideredindividual retail customers and cannot be aggregated to meet the energy demandthreshold regardless of common ownership or control. The measure provides thatfor cooperative customers the lockout period remains five years andnoncontiguous sites are still considered individual retail customers. Themeasure also allows individual retail customers of an electric utility topurchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from anylicensed supplier. The measure eliminates the condition that permits suchpurchases only if the electric utility serving the applicable exclusive serviceterritory does not offer a tariff for 100 percent renewable energy. Finally,the measure directs the State Corporation Commission to update its consumerprotection regulations relating to the availability of service through licensedsuppliers.
Offshore oil and gas drilling. Recognizesopposition to exploration and drilling for oil and gas off the coastof Virginia.
Commending Mission BBQ.
Institutions of higher education; intercollegiateathletics; student-athletes; compensation, representation, and injury.Prohibits any private institution of higher education, baccalaureate publicinstitution of higher education, athletic association, athletic conference, orother organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from (i)providing a prospective student-athlete with compensation that results from theuse of the student's name, image, or likeness; (ii) prohibiting or preventing astudent-athlete from earning from another individual or entity compensationthat results from the use of the student's name, image, or likeness, except incertain limited circumstances; (iii) prohibiting or preventing astudent-athlete from obtaining professional representation by an athlete agentor legal representation by an attorney licensed to practice law in theCommonwealth; or (iv) declaring ineligible for or revoking a scholarship providedto a student-athlete who earns compensation that results from the use of thestudent's name, image, or likeness. The bill prohibits any athleticassociation, athletic conference, or other organization with authority overintercollegiate athletics from prohibiting or preventing a private institutionof higher education or baccalaureate public institution of higher educationfrom becoming a member of or participating in intercollegiate athleticssponsored by such association, conference, or organization as a consequence ofthe compensation of a student-athlete at such institution that results from theuse of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness. The bill requires eachprivate institution of higher education and each baccalaureate public institutionof higher education to establish (i) a sports injury compensation fund intowhich the institution shall deposit 7.5 percent of the revenue earned from itsintercollegiate athletics programs and from which any student-athlete whosuffers a serious or career-ending injury during a practice or competition mayapply for compensation upon his graduation and (ii) a wage fund into which theinstitution shall deposit 7.5 percent of the revenue earned from itsintercollegiate athletics programs and from which each student-athlete shallreceive an equal amount of compensation at the end of each academic year. Theforegoing provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024.The bill also requires the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College Systemto convene a work group consisting of such members as the Chancellor deemsappropriate to consider and make recommendations to the Governor and theGeneral Assembly no later July 1, 2022, relating to the compensation andrepresentation of student-athletes enrolled at comprehensive community collegesin the Commonwealth.
Commending the League of Women Voters.
Commending William H. Goodwin, Jr.
