Sen. Adam Ebbin

Celebrating the life of the Honorable LinwoodA. Holton, Jr.

Commending the Honorable Paul S. Trible, Jr.

High school interscholastic athletic competition; prevention of hate speech and ethnically or racially insensitive expressions. Requires the organization governing high school athletics and academic activities for public and approved nonboarding nonpublic high schools (the organization), with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly for such purpose pursuant to the general appropriation act, to develop (i) rules and standards for the prevention of inequities involving the use of hate speech or ethnically or racially insensitive expressions during athletic and academic competitions sponsored by the organization's member schools, (ii) procedures for the enforcement of and penalties for the violation of such rules and standards, and (iii) training materials on such rules and standards. The bill requires each member school of the organization to abide by and implement such rules, standards, procedures, and penalties and ensure that each student who will participate in high school interscholastic athletic or academic competition, the parent of each such student, and each individual, whether paid or unpaid, who coaches a team that will participate in high school interscholastic athletic or academic competition receives and reviews such training materials. The bill requires the organization to make part of the process to become a registered official in good standing for any association offering services to the organization an education and training requirement that is consistent with the training materials developed by the organization. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable HarryRussell Potts, Jr.

Department of Motor Vehicles; Virginia Community Policing Act; race and ethnicity data. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an applicant for an original driver's license, driver privilege card, special identification card with or without a photograph, and identification privilege card or the renewal or reissue of such license or card to provide his race and ethnicity. The bill prohibits displaying any such data in a readable form on a credential issued by the Department and requires such data to be encoded in the barcode on the back of such license or card. The bill prohibits the release of such data to any entity other than the Department of State Police to be used exclusively for the Virginia Community Policing Act Database.

Consumer Data Protection Act; personal dataobtained from source other than the consumer. Provides that ifa controller has obtained personal data about a consumer from a sourceother than the consumer, the controller may comply with such consumer'srequest to delete such personal data by opting the consumer out ofthe processing of such personal data for targeted advertising, sale,or profiling. The provisions of the bill become effective on January1, 2023.

Genetic information privacy; civil penalty.Establishes requirements for direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, including requirements related to information to be providedto consumers, consent requirements, requirements related to securityof and consumer access to genetic information, requirements for contractsbetween direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies and serviceproviders, and prohibitions on disclosure of genetic informationby direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies. The bill also prohibitsdiscrimination against a consumer based on exercise of rights relatedto genetic information privacy and imposes civil penalties for violationsof the provisions of the bill.

Notaries. Makes various changes to the lawsrelated to notaries and electronic notaries, including (i) specifyinginformation to be included in an application; (ii) specifying the reasons for which the Secretary of the Commonwealth may deny an application; (iii) requiring applicants to take a course and examination priorto application; (iv) requiring a $25,000 bond prior to commission;(v) requiring a notary to keep a journal of notarial acts; (vi) specifying the reasons a notary may and may not decline to perform a notarialact; (vii) providing requirements for the use and manufacture of official notary seals; (viii) providing requirements for civil liabilityof a notary, bond surety, and employer of the notary; and (ix) specifyingsituations constituting conflicts of interest for a notary.

Commending Clyde E. Cristman.