Sen. Barbara Favola

Board of Education; provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.Permits the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a provisional license, valid for a period not to exceed three years, to any individual who has held within the last five years a valid and officially issued and recognized license or certification to teach issued by an entity outside of the United States but does not meet the requirements for a renewable license if the individual's license or certification to teach has been evaluated and verified by an entity approved by the Department of Education. This bill is identical to HB 979.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; child care services provisions in rental agreements. Allows a rental agreement to contain provisions allowing for the tenant's operation of properly licensed and authorized child care services when such services are provided solely to other residents of the apartment building.

Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; marketing. Requires the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to prepare an annual marketing plan that includes consumer outreach, licensed health insurance agents, and navigator programs. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to HB 312.

Private family leave insurance. Establishes family leave insurance as a class of insurance. The bill defines "family leave insurance" as an insurance policy issued to an employer related to a benefit program provided to an employee to pay for the employee's income loss due to (i) the birth of a child or adoption of a child by the employee; (ii) placement of a child with the employee for foster care; (iii) care of a family member of the employee who has a serious health condition; or (iv) circumstances arising out of the fact that the employee's family member who is a service member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty. Under the bill, family leave insurance may be written as an amendment or rider to a group disability income policy, included in a group disability income policy, or written as a separate group insurance policy purchased by an employer. The bill prohibits delivery or issue for delivery of a family leave insurance policy unless a copy of the form and the rate manual showing rates, rules, and classification of risks have been filed with the State Corporation Commission. The bill prohibits an individual certificate and enrollment form from being used in connection with a group family leave insurance policy unless the form for the certificate and enrollment form have been filed with the Commission. The bill provides that "life and annuities insurance agent" means an agent licensed in the Commonwealth to sell, solicit, or negotiate, among other types of insurance, family leave insurance on behalf of insurers licensed in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 1156.

Commending Harry Wason.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable FloraLonette Davis Crittenden.

Celebrating the life of the Reverend PatrickJoseph White.

Elections; campaign finance; disclosure reports;searchable electronic database. Requires the Department of Electionsto provide an interface to the campaign finance database maintainedby the Department that allows users to easily search for and sortinformation by individual candidates and types of elections, offices,committees, and donors; donations, expenditures, loans, and othercategories of information included in campaign finance reports; andlate filings, incomplete filings, and other violations. The interfaceshall also provide users tools for manipulating and exporting data.The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.

Commending The Birchmere.

Commending Patricia Carroll.