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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
Chair: George L. Barker
Clerk: Sean Sukol
Staff: Ashley Binns
Date of Meeting: February 10, 2021
Time and Place: 30 min post-adj. SR East at Museum. Register to speak at GA site:
http://virginia-senate.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3
Patron: Helmer
Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for energy-efficient and water-efficient goods. Provides that in the course of procuring goods, if a public body receives two or more bids for products that are Energy Star certified, meet Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) designated efficiency requirements, appear on FEMP's Low Standby Power Product List, or are WaterSense certified, such public body may only select among those bids.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-4328.1, relating to the Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for energy-efficient and water-efficient goods.21102296D
Patron: Krizek
Casino gaming; technical amendments. Makes technical amendments to the casino gaming law related to its interaction with sports betting law, the capital investment required of an applicant for a license, authorized closed meetings under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and the frequency of the distribution of tax revenues to cities. The bill also requires applicants for operator's licenses to submit (i) a minority investment plan disclosing any equity interest owed by a minority individual or minority-owned business or the applicant’s efforts to seek equity investment from minority individuals or minority-owned businesses and (ii) a plan for the participation of minority individuals or minority-owned businesses in the applicant’s purchase of goods and services related to the casino gaming establishment.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3711, 58.1-4100, 58.1-4109, 58.1-4110, 58.1-4114, 58.1-4122, 58.1-4124, and 58.1-4125 of the Code of Virginia, relating to casino gaming; technical amendments.21102313D
Patron: Bulova
Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. Allows meetings of property owners' associations, boards of directors, unit owners' associations, executive boards, and committees to be held entirely or partially by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for the use of electronic means for such meetings. The bill requires that such guidelines ensure that persons accessing such meetings are authorized to do so and that persons entitled to participate in such meetings have an opportunity to do so. The bill grants authority for determining whether any such meeting may be held entirely or partially by electronic means to the board of directors or executive board, as applicable. Under current law, if a meeting of a board of directors or executive board is conducted by telephone conference or video conference, at least two members of the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, are required to be physically present at the meeting place included in the meeting notice. The bill amends the definition of "electronic means" to provide that meeting conducted by electronic means includes a meeting conducted via teleconference, videoconference, Internet exchange, or other electronic methods. The bill allows members of property owners' associations or unit owners' associations to vote at meetings of such associations by absentee ballot, and allows such members to vote in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for such voting. Finally, the bill provides that if a vote, consent, or approval required to be obtained by secret ballot is accomplished through electronic means, the electronic means shall protect the identity of the voter, and that if the electronic means cannot protect the identity of the voter, another means of voting shall be used.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 55.1-1800, 55.1-1815, 55.1-1816, 55.1-1832, 55.1-1900, 55.1-1935, 55.1-1949, 55.1-1952, and 55.1-1953 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Property Owners' Association Act; the Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting.
21102459D
Patron: Askew
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures for a buyer to beware; mold. Adds to the provision of the required disclosure statement directing a buyer to beware and exercise necessary due diligence with respect to determining the condition of real property or any improvements thereon a provision advising the buyer to obtain a mold assessment conducted by a business that follows the guidelines provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 55.1-703 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; mold.21103020D
Patron: Head
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; Board of Directors; membership; small business lending experience. Requires at least five of the nine citizen members of the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority to have experience in small business lending. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2282 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; Board of Directors; membership; small business lending experience.21101296D
Patron: Keam
Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; rulemaking authority of property owners' associations and unit owners' associations; smoking. Permits (i) except to the extent that the declaration provides otherwise, the board of directors of a property owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the development, including (a) rules that prohibit smoking in the common areas and, (b) for developments that include attached private dwelling units, rules that prohibit smoking within such dwelling units, and (ii) except to the extent that the condominium instruments provide otherwise, the executive board of a condominium unit owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the condominium, including rules that prohibit smoking in the common elements and within units. The bill clarifies the authority of executive boards of condominium unit owners' associations to establish, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations with respect to the use of the common elements of the condominium and with respect to such other areas of responsibility assigned to the unit owners' association by the condominium instruments, except where expressly reserved by the condominium instruments to the unit owners. The bill also permits unit owners, by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of the unit owners' association, to repeal or amend any rule or regulation adopted by the executive board. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 55.1-1819 and 55.1-1959 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 55.1-1819.1 and 55.1-1960.1, relating to the Property Owners' Association Act; the Condominium Act; rulemaking authority of property owners' associations and unit owners' associations; smoking.21102397D
Patron: Sickles
Sports betting; technical amendments. Clarifies the types of events on which sports betting is allowed. The bill clarifies that a permit issued to a casino operator shall not count toward the maximum of 12 permits that the Director of the Virginia Lottery can issue and makes technical amendments related to the interaction between sports betting law and casino gaming law.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-4030, 58.1-4031, 58.1-4032, 58.1-4039, and 58.1-4100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sports betting; technical amendments.21103448D
Patron: Sickles
Virginia Human Rights Acts; discrimination on the basis of disability. Adds discrimination on the basis of disability as an unlawful discriminatory practice under the Virginia Human Rights Act. The bill also requires employers, defined in the bill, to make reasonable accommodation to the known physical and mental impairments of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, if necessary to assist such person in performing a particular job, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the employer. The bill also prohibits employers from taking any adverse action against an employee who requests or uses a reasonable accommodation, from denying employment or promotion opportunities to an otherwise qualified applicant or employee because such employer will be required to make reasonable accommodation to the applicant or employee, or from requiring an employee to take leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to the known limitations related to the disability.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3902, 2.2-3905, and 51.5-41 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-3905.1, relating to the Virginia Human Rights Act; discrimination on the basis of disability.21102987D
Patron: Simonds
Virginia Board of Workforce Development, Department of Labor and Industry, and Department of General Services; apprenticeship training programs; report. Directs the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board), the Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI), and the Department of General Services (DGS) to review the availability of registered apprenticeship programs in the Commonwealth and evaluate the capacity to build a program that would require contractors engaged in construction contracts with public bodies to participate in apprenticeship training programs for each trade or classification of employees engaged in the construction contract. The bill also requires the Board, DOLI, and DGS to evaluate whether a requirement to limit public procurements to bidders with registered apprenticeship programs would assist the construction industry in meeting its workforce needs. The bill permits the Board, DOLI, and DGS to convene a stakeholder advisory group as part of its review. The bill requires the Board, DOLI, and DGS to complete its review and complete any advisory group meetings by September 1, 2021, and to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an executive summary and a report of its findings and recommendations.
A BILL related to apprenticeship training programs; report.21104228D
Patron: Price
Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of employer; person employing one or more domestic workers. Expands the definition of "employer" for all purposes of the Virginia Human Rights Act to include a person employing one or more domestic workers, as defined in the bill.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-3905 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of employer; person employing one or more domestic workers.21101526D
Patron: Subramanyam
Workforce development; data sharing. Expands the type of workforce development data that state agencies may share with the Virginia Workforce System to support workforce program evaluation and policy analysis. The bill removes the requirement that all personal identifying information be removed before being shared among other state agencies and with the Workforce Development System and instead requires the identifying attribute information necessary to match entities across programs, support the coordination of services, and evaluate outcomes to be shared among agencies that enter into the memorandum of understanding supporting the Virginia Workforce Data Trust.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-435.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workforce development; data sharing.21103390D
Patron: Heretick
Deeds of trust; amendment to loan document; statement of interest rate of a refinanced mortgage. Provides that a deed of trust that has been recorded and that states that it secures indebtedness or other obligations under a loan document and that it also secures indebtedness or other obligations under such loan document as it may be amended, modified, supplemented, or restated shall secure such loan document as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, without the necessity of recording an amendment to such deed of trust. The bill further requires that the interest rate of a prior mortgage be stated on the first page of a refinance mortgage.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 55.1-319 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55.1-318.1, relating to deeds of trust; amendment to loan document; statement of interest rate of a refinanced mortgage.21101257D
Patron: Ayala
Department of Human Resource Management; duties of the Department; annual safety and disaster awareness training. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources or his designee, to develop an online training module addressing safety and disaster awareness, including information on public health safety. The bill also requires that all state employees complete the training annually. The bill requires such training to be incorporated into existing mandatory training.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-1201 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 12 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-1212, relating to the Department of Human Resource Management; duties of the Department; annual safety and disaster awareness training.21103471D
Patron: Levine
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings. Authorizes a public body to conduct through electronic communication means a meeting for which, on or before the day of the meeting, a member of the public body holding the meeting notifies the chair that such member is unable to attend the meeting due to a family member's medical condition that requires the member to provide care for such family member, thereby preventing the member's physical attendance. The bill also clarifies that participation in an electronic meeting by a member of a public body due to the inability to attend because of a personal matter is limited each calendar year to two such meetings, which is current law, or 25 percent of the meetings held that calendar year rounded up to the next whole number, whichever is greater. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-3708.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings.21101369D
Patron: Willett
Charitable Gaming Board; regulations; electronic pull tabs. Prohibits the Charitable Gaming Board from promulgating regulations that prohibit the use of multiple video monitors or touch creens on an electronic pull tab device. The bill provides that the use of electronic pull tab devices utilizing multiple video monitors or touchscreens shall be limited to one player at a time.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-340.19 and 18.2-340.28 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Charitable Gaming Board; regulations; electronic pull tabs.21103309D
Patron: Simonds
Casino gaming; requirements for issuance of operator's license; human trafficking training. Requires applicants for operator's licenses to have established a policy requiring all license and permit holders who interact directly with the public in the casino gaming establishment to complete a training course acceptable to the Virginia Lottery Department in how to recognize and report suspected human trafficking in order to be eligible for the issuance of an operator's license.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-4110 of the Code of Virginia, relating to casino gaming; requirements for issuance of operator's license; human trafficking training.21102546D
Patron: Bagby
Virginia Jobs Investment Program and Fund; minimum wage requirements. Adjusts the minimum entry-level wage rate per hour a company is required to pay in order to be eligible for assistance under the Virginia Jobs Investment Program from at least 1.35 times the federal minimum wage to 1.2 times the federal minimum wage or the Virginia minimum wage, whichever is higher.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2240.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Jobs Investment Program and Fund; minimum wage requirements.21102094D
Patron: Carr
Virginia Fair Housing Law; reasonable accommodations; disability-related requests for parking. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Fair Housing Law, when a person receives a request for accessible parking to accommodate a disability, the person receiving the request shall treat such request as a request for reasonable accommodation.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 36-96.3:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Fair Housing Law; reasonable accommodations; disability-related requests for parking.21103166D
Patron: Carr
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; access to dwelling unit during certain declared states of emergency. Provides that a tenant shall be deemed to have reasonable justification for declining to permit a landlord or managing agent to exhibit the tenant's dwelling unit for sale or lease if the tenant has reasonable concern for his own health, or the health of any authorized occupant, during a state of emergency declared by the Governor in response to a communicable disease of public health threat and the tenant has provided written notice to the landlord informing the landlord of such concern. The bill requires the tenant in such circumstances to provide to the landlord or managing agent a video tour of the dwelling unit or other acceptable substitute for exhibiting the dwelling unit for sale or lease. The bill also provides that during a state of emergency declared by the Governor in response to a communicable disease of public health threat a tenant may provide written notice to the landlord requesting that one or more nonemergency property conditions in the dwelling unit not be addressed in the normal course of business of the landlord due to such communicable disease of public health threat. The bill provides that in such case, the tenant shall be deemed to have waived any and all claims and rights under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act against the landlord for failure to address such nonemergency property conditions.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 55.1-1229 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; access to dwelling unit during certain declared states of emergency.21102398D
Patron: Askew
Duties of agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans. Requires state agencies to establish and maintain a comprehensive diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan in coordination with the Governor's Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-602 of the Code of Virginia, relating to duties of agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans.21102795D
Patron: Price
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption. Prohibits a landlord from accepting full payment of rent, as well as any damages, money judgment, award of attorney fees, and court costs, from a tenant and receiving an order of possession pursuant to an unlawful detainer action and proceeding with eviction, unless there are bases for the entry of an order of possession other than nonpayment of rent stated in the unlawful detainer action filed by the landlord. Under current law, a landlord may accept full or partial payment of all rent and receive an order of possession pursuant to an unlawful detainer action and proceed with eviction, provided that he has stated in a written notice to the tenant that any and all amounts owed to the landlord by the tenant, including payment of any rent, damages, money judgment, award of attorney fees, and court costs, would be accepted with reservation and would not constitute a waiver of the landlord's right to evict the tenant from the dwelling unit. The bill provides specific language that must be included within such notice, and requires a landlord who elects to seek possession of the dwelling unit to provide a copy of the notice to the court for service to the tenant along with the summons for unlawful detainer. The bill also allows tenants to exercise the right of redemption in unlawful detainer actions an unlimited number of times. Under current law, tenants may only exercise the right of redemption once during any 12-month period of continuous residency in the dwelling unit, regardless of the term of the rental agreement or any renewal term of the rental agreement. The bill directs the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development (Director) to develop a sample termination notice to be maintained on the Department of Housing and Community Development's (Department) website that includes language referencing acceptance of rent with reservation by a landlord following a breach of a lease by a tenant, and requires the Department to convene a stakeholder group to provide input to the Director regarding the development of such sample termination notice.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 36-139 and 55.1-1250 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption.21104047D
Patron: Krizek
Department of Fire Programs; prohibition on the use of certain oriented strand board in fire training activities. Prohibits the burning by any person, local government, or agency of the Commonwealth of Class A fuel materials that contain oriented strand board, defined in the bill, during fire training activities.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 9.1-207.2, relating to Department of Fire Programs; prohibition on the use of certain oriented strand board in fire training activities.21102658D
Patron: Aird
Facial recognition technology; authorization of use by local law-enforcement agencies and public institutions of higher education. Allows a locality or a public institution of higher education to authorize a local law-enforcement agency or campus police department to purchase or deploy facial recognition technology, which is defined in the bill. The bill prohibits a local law-enforcement agency or public institution of higher education currently using facial recognition technology from continuing to use such technology without such authorization after July 1, 2021.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 17 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-1723.2 and by adding a section numbered 23.1-815.1, relating to facial recognition technology; authorization of use by local law-enforcement agencies and public institutions of higher education.21101718D
Patron: Bourne
Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Prohibits any locality, its employees, or its appointed commissions from discriminating (i) in the application of local land use ordinances or guidelines, or in the permitting of housing developments, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, or disability; (ii) in the permitting of housing developments because the housing development contains or is expected to contain affordable housing units occupied or intended for occupancy by families or individuals with incomes at or below 80 percent of the median income of the area where the housing development is located or is proposed to be located; or (iii) by prohibiting or imposing conditions upon the rental or sale of dwelling units, provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit ordinances related to short-term rentals. The bill provides that it shall not be a violation of the Virginia Fair Housing Law if land use decisions or decisions relating to the permitting of housing developments are based upon considerations of limiting high concentrations of affordable housing. The bill also requires the Fair Housing Board, after determining the existence of an unlawful discriminatory housing practice and after consultation with the Attorney General, to immediately refer the matter to the Attorney General for civil action.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 36-96.3 and 36-96.17 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.21103489D
Patron: Askew
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans. Requires local and interjurisdictional agencies to include provisions in their emergency operations plans to ensure that such plans are applied equitably and that the needs of minority and vulnerable communities are met during emergencies.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 44-146.19 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Emergency Services and Disaster Law; local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans.21102351D
Patron: Guzman
Department of Human Resource Management, alternative application for employment for persons with a disability. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to create an alternative application process for the employment of persons with a disability. The process must be noncompetitive in nature and provide state agencies using the process an option for converting positions filled through the noncompetitive process into positions that are normally filled through a competitive process. The bill directs the Department of Human Resource Management to develop and disseminate a policy to implement the provisions of the bill.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2901.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 12 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-1212, relating to Department of Human Resource Management; alternative application for employment for persons with a disability; report.21102720D
Patron: Tran
Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc. Prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing on the basis of a person's military status, defined as a member of the uniformed services of the United States or a reserve component thereof or a spouse or other dependent of the same. The bill also prohibits terms in a rental agreement in which the tenant agrees to waive remedies or rights under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act prior to the occurrence of a dispute between the landlord and the tenant.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2901.1, 2.2-3004, 2.2-3900, 2.2-3901, 2.2-3902, 2.2-3904, 2.2-3905, 15.2-853, 15.2-854, 15.2-965, 15.2-1500.1, 15.2-1507, 15.2-1604, 22.1-295.2, 22.1-306, 36-96.1 through 36-96.3, 36-96.4, 36-96.6, 55.1-1208, and 55.1-1310 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public accommodations, employment, and housing; prohibited discrimination on the basis of status as active military or a military spouse.21104006D
Patron: Mundon King
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; risk-based review of outstanding loans; report. Requires the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority to conduct a risk-based review of all outstanding loans at least annually and report the results of such review to the Board of Directors. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-2312.1, relating to the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; risk-based review of outstanding loans; report.21101618D
Patron: Mundon King
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; annual report; utilization or award of loan and grant program funds. Requires the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority to include in its annual report information regarding the percentage of loan and grant program funds utilized or awarded by the Authority during the preceding fiscal year. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2312 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; annual report; utilization or award of loan and grant program funds.21101616D
Patron: Mundon King
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; right to appeal denial of initial certification. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to adopt regulations to establish a process for businesses that are denied initial certification as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business to appeal such denial on the basis that the Department made a mistake in denying the business's application for certification. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-1606 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; right to appeal denial of initial certification.21101615D
Patron: Torian
Housing Bill of Rights; housing protections; foreclosures; manufactured housing. Provides for various protections for homeowners and tenants of manufactured home parks, including (i) restricting the circumstances under which a court may order a person's primary residence to be sold to enforce a judgment lien; (ii) requiring localities to incorporate into their comprehensive plans strategies to promote manufactured housing as a source of affordable housing; (iii) requiring the Director of Housing and Community Development to develop a statement of tenant rights and responsibilities explaining in plain language the rights and responsibilities of tenants under the Virginia Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; (iv) prohibiting a trustee from selling a property in a foreclosure sale without receiving an affidavit signed by the party that provided the notice confirming the notice was sent to the owner, with a copy of such notice attached to the affidavit; (v) increasing the notice period for a foreclosure sale from 14 to 60 days and requiring such notice to provide the grantor with information regarding housing counseling; and (vi) requiring the landlord of a manufactured home park to provide tenants who own their manufactured home information about housing assistance and legal aid organizations. The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a stakeholder group to assist in the development of the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities. The provisions of the bill related to the specifics of the notice that is required before a trustee can sell a property in a foreclosure sale has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2021.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-463, 36-139, 55.1-320, 55.1-321, and 55.1-1303 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-2223.5, relating to housing protections; foreclosures; manufactured housing.21103247D
Patron: Jones
Board for Contractors; exemption from certification as an elevator mechanic or accessibility mechanic. Provides that an individual is not required to be certified as an elevator mechanic or accessibility mechanic when working under the direct and immediate supervision of an elevator mechanic or certified accessibility mechanic who is certified in the specialty for which work is being performed.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-1141 of the Code of Virginia, relating to professions and occupations; Board for Contractors; exemption from licensure as an elevator mechanic or accessibility mechanic.21101729D
Patron: Hayes
Military medical personnel program. Adds any facility that offers medical services to the public and that is supervised by one or more physicians or podiatrists to the list of entities that may participate in the military medical personnel program established by the Department of Veterans Services and directs the Department to assist veterans and other service members who are preparing for discharge or release and who have recently served in health care-related specialties but who do not meet the definition of "military medical personnel" in finding employment in the health care sector.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2001.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the military medical personnel program.21102412D
Patron: Simon
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; responsibilities of real estate brokers; foreclosure of single-family residential dwelling units. Provides that if a dwelling unit used as a single-family residence is foreclosed upon and there is a tenant in such dwelling unit on the date of the foreclosure sale, if the successor in interest acquires the dwelling unit for the purpose of occupying such unit as his primary residence, the rental agreement terminates and the tenant is required to vacate the dwelling unit on a date not less than 90 days after receiving written notice. The bill also provides that if the successor in interest acquires the dwelling unit for any other purpose, the successor in interest acquires the dwelling unit subject to the rental agreement and is required to permit the tenant to occupy the dwelling unit for the remaining term of the lease. Under current law, the foreclosure sale acts as a termination of the rental agreement by the owner, but the tenant is permitted to remain in possession of the dwelling unit as a month-to-month tenant on the terms of the terminated rental agreement until the successor owner gives a notice of termination of the month-to-month tenancy. The bill contains technical amendments.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2108.1 and 55.1-1237 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; responsibilities of real estate brokers; foreclosure of single-family residential dwelling units.21102538D
Patron: McQuinn
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord charges for security deposits, insurance premiums for damage insurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance; filing of information regarding resident agent appointed by nonresident property owner. Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay a security deposit, insurance premiums for damage insurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance prior to the commencement of the tenancy that exceed the amount of two months' periodic rent. The bill permits a landlord, however, to add a monthly amount as additional rent to recover additional costs of such renter's insurance premiums. The bill also removes provisions allowing a landlord to permit a tenant to provide damage insurance coverage in lieu of the payment of a security deposit. Finally, the bill requires nonresident property owners to file the name and office address of the agent appointed by such nonresident property owner in the office of the clerk of the State Corporation Commission. Under current law, such information must be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which deeds are recorded in the county or city in which the property lies.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 17.1-275, 55.1-1200, 55.1-1204, 55.1-1206, 55.1-1208, 55.1-1211, 55.1-1226, 64.2-2008, and 64.2-2012 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord charges for security deposits, insurance premiums for damage insurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance; filing of information regarding resident agent appointed by nonresident property owner.21103524D
Patron: Brewer
Religious and charitable matters; quantity of land certain associations may hold. Increases from 75 to 200 the number of acres of land that any association or post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Spanish War Veterans, Disabled American Veterans, or any similar association of veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States chartered by an act of Congress may hold. However, the bill provides that any such property in excess of 75 acres shall not be exempt from taxation unless an ordinance to that effect is adopted by the governing body of the locality in which the property is located.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 57-20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to religious and charitable matters; quantity of land certain associations may hold.21102696D
Patron: McQuinn
Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; definition of "Office of the Governor." Adds the Chief Workforce Development Advisor and the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the definition of "Office of the Governor" for purposes of excluding the working papers and correspondence of the Office of the Governor from mandatory disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-3705.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; definition of "Office of the Governor."21102870D
Patron: Convirs-Fowler
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures; repetitive risk loss structure; flood risk information form. Requires the Real Estate Board (the Board) to make available on its website a flood risk information form, the details of which are outlined in the bill. The bill also provides that an owner of residential real property located in the Commonwealth who has actual knowledge that the dwelling unit is a repetitive risk loss structure, as defined in the bill, shall disclose such fact to the purchaser on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on its website. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 55.1-703 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55.1-708.2, relating to property; required disclosures for buyer to exercise due diligence; flood risk report.21103911D
Patron: Simonds
Governor's Secretaries; Secretary of Labor created. Creates in the Governor's Cabinet the position of Secretary of Labor. The bill transfers from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Labor responsibility for the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, and the Virginia Employment Commission. The bill removes the position of Chief Workforce Development Advisor and reassigns its duties to the Secretary of Labor. The bill also adds the Secretary of Labor to the Governor's comprehensive economic development policy committee.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-200, 2.2-204, 2.2-205, 2.2-205.1, 2.2-435.6, 2.2-435.8, 2.2-435.9, 2.2-435.10, 2.2-2471, 2.2-2471.1, 2.2-2472, 2.2-2472.2, 2.2-2472.3, and 30-377 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 2.2 an article numbered 6.1, consisting of sections numbered 2.2-214.2 and 2.2-214.3; and to repeal § 2.2-435.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Governor's Secretaries; Secretary of Labor created.21103957D