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2019 SESSION

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Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology

Chairman: Frank M. Ruff, Jr.

Clerk: Eric Bingham
Staff: Brooks Braun, Amigo Wade
Date of Meeting: February 18, 2019
Time and Place: 45 min after adjournment, Senate Room 3 - Capitol

H.B. 1916 Employees; break time and location to express breast milk.

Patron: Yancey

Employment; break to express breast milk. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to develop state personnel policies that provide break time for nursing mothers to express breast milk. Such policies shall require an agency to provide (i) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the breast milk and (ii) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public and that may be used by an employee to express breast milk.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-1201 of the Code of Virginia, relating to state agencies and employees; break time and location for employees to express breast milk.

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H.B. 1934 Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by state agencies.

Patron: Bulova

Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by state agencies. Authorizes any agency of state government to locate and operate a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property the agency controls. The bill exempts state agencies from being considered a public utility solely because of the sale of electric vehicle charging service or the ownership or operation of an electric vehicle charging station and further exempts such service from constituting the retail sale of electricity. Currently such provisions are applicable to the Department of Conservation and Recreation when operating a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property of any existing state park or similar recreational facility the Department controls.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 56-1.2, 56-1.2:1, and 56-232.2:1 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-614.5, and to repeal §§ 10.1-104.01, 23.1-1301.1, and 23.1-2908.1, relating to electric vehicle charging stations; operation by state agencies.

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H.B. 2019 Residential real property; required disclosures of stormwater management facilities.

Patron: Murphy

Residential real property; required disclosures; stormwater management facilities. Provides that the owner of residential real property under the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act must include in the residential property disclosure statement provided to a potential purchaser of residential property a statement that the owner makes no representations with respect to the existence or recordation of any maintenance agreement for any stormwater detention facilities on the property, and that advises the potential purchaser to take whatever due diligence steps they deem necessary to determine the presence of any such facilities or agreements, such as contacting his settlement provider, consulting the locality in which the property is located, or reviewing any survey of the property that may have been conducted. The bill also requires the Common Interest Community Board to include notice that regular annual or special assessments paid by the owner to the association may be used for the construction or maintenance of stormwater management facilities in the form that accompanies association disclosure packets that are required to be provided to all prospective purchasers of lots located within a development that is subject to the Virginia Property Owners' Association Act and resale certificates provided to purchasers of units located in a condominium that is subject to the Condominium Act.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2350 and 55-519 of the Code of Virginia, relating to residential property; information on covenants; required disclosures; stormwater management facilities.

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H.B. 2071 Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting, limitations.

Patron: Bell, John J.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting; limitations. Changes the maximum allowable sum of all jobs performed in a one-year contract term for job order contracts by increasing such maximum from the current amount of $5 million to $6 million on July 1, 2019. The bill also provides an exception to allow job order contracting in the case of safety improvements or traffic calming measures for individual job orders up to $250,000, subject to the maximum annual threshold amount as established in the bill.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4303.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting; limitations.

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H.B. 2182 DGS; surplus property, opportunity for economic development entities to purchase.

Patron: Austin

Department of General Services; surplus property; opportunity for economic development entities to purchase prior to public sale. Provides that prior to offering surplus property for sale to the public, the Department of General Services (the Department) shall notify the chief administrative officer of the locality within which the property is located as well as any economic development entity for such locality of the pending disposition of such property. The bill provides that the chief administrative officer or local economic development entity shall have up to 180 days from the date of such notification to submit a proposal to the Department for the use by the locality or the local economic development entity of such property in conjunction with a bona fide economic development activity. The bill requires the Department to review such proposal and provides that if the Department determines that such proposal is viable and could benefit the Commonwealth, the Department may negotiate with the chief administrative officer or the local economic development entity for the sale of such property to the locality or economic development entity.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-1130, 2.2-1153, 2.2-1156, 2.2-1157, 10.1-1122, and 36-139.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of General Services; surplus property; opportunity for economic development entities to purchase prior to public sale.

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H.B. 2218 Va. Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, unlawful practice of an occupation or profession.

Patron: Bourne

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; unlawful practice of an occupation or profession. Makes the unlawful and unlicensed practice of contracting, real estate brokering, or real estate sales, in connection with a consumer transaction, unlawful under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-200 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; unlawful practice of an occupation or profession.

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H.B. 2263 Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures.

Patron: Krizek

Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures. Provides that any evidence gathered solely through an interrogation that breached any procedures required by the Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act shall be excluded from being presented in any case against a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-301, 9.1-302, and 9.1-304 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures.

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H.B. 2304 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord may obtain insurance for tenant.

Patron: Leftwich

Landlord and tenant; renter's insurance obtained by landlord on behalf of tenants; notice of waiver of subrogation provisions. Requires a landlord that has obtained renter's insurance coverage on behalf of his tenants to include, as part of the summary of the insurance policy or certificate evidencing the coverage as currently required by law, a statement regarding whether the insurance policy contains a waiver of subrogation provision. The bill provides that any failure of the landlord to provide such summary or certificate, or to make available a copy of the insurance policy, shall not affect the validity of the rental agreement.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 55-225.24 and 55-248.7:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to landlord and tenant; disclosure of waiver of subrogation provision in renter's insurance policy obtained by a landlord on behalf of a tenant.

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H.B. 2494 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; religious preferences and affiliations.

Patron: Tran

Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; dissemination of information concerning religious preferences and affiliations. Prohibits any state agency maintaining an information system that includes personal information from disseminating to federal government authorities information concerning the religious preferences and affiliations of data subjects for the purpose of compiling a list, registry, or database of individuals based on religious affiliation, national origin, or ethnicity, unless specifically required by state or federal law. This prohibition applies even if consent is given to disseminate such information to public institutions of higher education, state facilities under Title 37.2 (Behavioral Health and Developmental Services), and juvenile correctional facilities established pursuant to Title 66 (Juvenile Justice) or Chapter 11 (§ 16.1-226 et seq.) of Title 16.1 (Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts). This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3803, 23.1-402, 37.2-712, and 66-25 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; collection or dissemination of information concerning religious preferences and affiliations.

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H.B. 2656 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; amends definition of law-enforcement officer.

Patron: Collins

Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer. Amends the definition of "law-enforcement officer" under the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act (the Act) to include those persons who are nonprobationary officers of the police department, bureau, or force of any political subdivision or the campus police department of any public institution of higher education of the Commonwealth where such department, bureau, or force has three or more law-enforcement officers. Currently, such department, bureau, or force is required to have at least 10 law-enforcement officers for purposes of this definition.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-500 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer.

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H.B. 2791 Virginia Personnel Act; appointments, promotion, and tenure based upon merit and fitness.

Patron: Knight

Virginia Personnel Act; appointments, promotion, and tenure based upon merit and fitness. Clarifies that, except as otherwise provided by law, all appointments and promotions to and tenure in positions in the service of the Commonwealth shall be based solely upon merit and fitness.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2901 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Personnel Act; appointments, promotions, and tenure based upon merit and fitness.

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