Sen. Bill Stanley

Utility easements. Provides that any utilityeasement, granted before, on, or after July 1, 2020, whether granted publicly or privately, by statute, local ordinance, deed, or otherrecorded instrument, or by prescription, shall be deemed to includethe laying, hanging, and maintenance of fiber optic cable. The billfurther provides that any utility easement shall also be deemed toinclude access over private or public lands to permit the granteeto have physical access to such cable, unless the instrument grantingthe easement was recorded prior to July 1, 2020, and specificallystates otherwise.

Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exception. Allows wholesale licensees to enter into sponsorship or advertisingcontracts with annual mixed beverage motor sports facility licenseeswho operate food concessions at an outdoor motor sports road racingclub facility that is located on 1,200 acres of rural property borderingthe Dan River and has a track surface of 3.27 miles in length.

Study; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity; teaching hospital; report. Requesting Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University to study the requirements for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to be designated as a teaching hospitalin the Code of Virginia.

Voter referendum; issuance of state generalobligation bonds for school facility modernization. Providesfor a statewide referendum on the question of whether the GeneralAssembly shall issue state general obligation bonds in the amountof $3 billion for the purpose of K-12 school building construction,repair, or other capital projects related to the modernization ofschool facilities. The results would be advisory only and are intendedonly to demonstrate the preference of the citizens of the Commonwealthon the issuance of such bonds. The referendum would be held at theNovember 2020 general election.

Breeding dogs or cats for experimentation; prohibition. Prohibits any person from breeding a dog or cat for the express purposeof producing offspring for participation in medical research or experimentationor for sale to a manufacturer or contract testing facility to conductresearch using an animal test method.

Constitutional amendment (first resolution);public schools in the Commonwealth; equal educational opportunities.Requires the General Assembly to provide for a system of public schoolsin the Commonwealth with equal educational opportunities for allchildren and to ensure that all school age children are providedwith equal educational opportunities.

Commending the Washington Nationals.

Potable water; purified water bottle fillingstation. Requires each local school board to install at leastone purified water bottle filling station in every public schoolin the local school division. The bill requires that each purifiedwater bottle filling station (i) dispense filtered, clean drinkingwater; (ii) be regularly cleaned and maintained; and (iii) be accompaniedby a cup dispenser if there is no drinking fountain on the same floorand wing as the water bottle filling station.

Governor; authority to reinstate professionallicenses. Gives the Governor the power to reinstate the licensefor any profession regulated by an executive branch agency that hasbeen revoked by such agency. The Governor shall establish a processby which a person who has had his professional license revoked byan executive branch agency may apply to have his license reinstated.Each executive branch agency shall assist the Governor in the administrationof such process.

Celebrating the life of Alan Arnold Diamonstein.