Commending Daphne Tamara Fulson.
Sponsored bills
Offenders under 21 years of age; parole.Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonmentfor a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committedwhile that person was under 21 years of age and who has served atleast 20 years of such sentence and any person who has active sentencesthat total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiplefelony offenses committed while that person was under 21 years ofage and who has served at least 20 years of such sentences shallbe eligible for parole. Under current law, such parole provisionsapply only to juvenile offenders.
Commending Feeding Southwest Virginia.
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program;higher education centers.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable ArthurR. Giesen, Jr.
Organ donors; unpaid leave; civil penalty. Requires that an employer that employs 15 or more employees provideeligible employees with (i) up to 60 business days of unpaid organdonation leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donorand (ii) up to 30 business days of unpaid organ donation leave inany 12-month period to serve as a bone marrow donor. The bill requiresthe employer to restore the employee's position following the leave,to continue to provide coverage for the employee under any healthbenefit plan, and to pay the employee any commission earned priorto the leave. The bill prohibits the employer from taking retaliatoryaction against the employee for taking organ donation leave. Thebill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to enforce itsprovisions and provides for civil penalties for violations of itsrequirements.
Insurance; discrimination based on status asliving organ donor prohibited. Prohibits any person from refusingto insure, refusing to continue to insure, or limiting the amountor extent of life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term careinsurance coverage available to an individual, or to charge an individuala different rate for the same coverage based solely and without anyadditional actuarial risks upon the status of such individual asa living organ donor. The provisions of the bill apply to life insurance,disability insurance, or long-term care insurance plans that areentered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1,2023.