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2019 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Finance

Co-Chair: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. - Co-Chair: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.

Clerk: John Garrett
Staff: Lisa Wallmeyer
Date of Meeting: February 13, 2019
Time and Place: 9:00 a.m. - Committee Room B, Pocahontas Bldg.
Update to remove HB 1911, 1941, 2087, 2470, 2528 and 2586

H.B. 1661

Patron: Head

Association health benefit plans established by associations of employers; health benefit plans for members of certain agricultural organizations. Authorizes a trust, as a benefits consortium, to sell health benefits plans to members of a sponsoring association, which is a nonstock corporation that operates as a nonprofit agricultural organization and created primarily to promote programs for the development of rural communities and the economic stability and sustainability of farmers in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the trust is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and U.S. Department of Labor regulations applicable to multiple employer welfare arrangements and to the authority of the U.S. Department of Labor to enforce such law and regulations. The bill requires the trust to operate as a nonprofit voluntary employee beneficiary association. The bill (i) prohibits a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) from issuing health benefit plans in the Commonwealth until it has obtained a license from the State Corporation Commission; (ii) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA shall be subject to taxes and maintenance assessments levied upon insurance companies; (iii) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA are subject to protections of and other provisions of the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; (iv) makes domestic self-funded MEWAs subject to all financial and solvency requirements imposed by provisions of Title 38.2 on domestic insurers unless domestic self-funded MEWAs are otherwise specifically exempted; and (v) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA shall be exempt from all statutory requirements relating to insurance premium rates, policy forms, and policy cancellation and nonrenewal. The bill provides that the sponsoring association shall not, by virtue of its sponsorship of the benefits consortium or any benefits plan, be subject to the insurance laws of the Commonwealth or the tax levied on insurance companies pursuant to § 58.1-2501.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-1700 and 38.2-3420 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 59.1 a chapter numbered 52, consisting of sections numbered 59.1-571 through 59.1-574, relating to the formation of a benefits consortium by a sponsoring association acting as a nonprofit agricultural organization.

19106118D

H.B. 1702

Patron: Gilbert

Library of Virginia; disposition of official correspondence of the Governor. Requires the Library of Virginia to catalogue and make accessible to the public all correspondence and other records required to be delivered by an outgoing Governor within one year of the delivery of such correspondence and records.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-126 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Library of Virginia; disposition of official correspondence of the Governor.

19100717D

H.B. 1730

Patron: Brewer

Foster care; security freeze on credit report. Requires local departments of social services to request the placement of a security freeze on the credit report or record of any child who has been in foster care for at least six months in order to prevent cases of identity theft and misuse of personal identifying information.

The bill directs a local department to request the removal of such security freezes (i) upon the child's removal from foster care, (ii) upon the child's request if the child is at least 18 years of age, or (iii) upon a determination that doing so would be in the best interest of the child. The bill requires the local department to conduct annual credit checks on all such children between the ages of 14 and 18.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 59.1-444.3 and 63.2-905.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to foster care; security freeze on credit report.

19105173D

H.B. 1804

Patron: Hugo

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure will become effective if reenacted by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly. The measure also directs the 2020 Session of the General Assembly, in considering and enacting any legislation relating to workers' compensation and the presumption of compensability for certain cancers, to consider any research, findings, and recommendations from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission's review of the Virginia Workers' Compensation program.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-402 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers.

19106365D

H.B. 1920

Patron: Stolle

New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Fund and Program; grant priority. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in awarding grants pursuant to the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program, to give priority to institutions that offer noncredit workforce training programs in high-demand fields in which employer demand is currently unmet by the available workforce.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-627.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Fund and Program; grant priority.

19102007D

H.B. 1936

Patron: Krizek

Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; foreign service officers. Provides that any member of the foreign service office who resided in the Commonwealth for at least 90 days immediately prior to receiving a foreign service assignment and who continues to be assigned overseas, and any dependents of such member are eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-506 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; foreign service officers

19105222D

H.B. 1942

Patron: Bell, Robert B.

Behavioral health services; exchange of medical and mental health information and records; correctional facilities. Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (the Board) to establish minimum standards for behavioral health services in local correctional facilities, including (i) requirements for behavioral health screening and assessment for all individuals committed to local correctional facilities, the delivery of behavioral health services in local correctional facilities, and the sharing of medical and mental health information and records concerning individuals committed to local correctional facilities, (ii) requirements for discharge planning for individuals with serious mental illness assessed as requiring behavioral health services upon release form local correctional facilities, (iii) requirements for at least one unannounced annual inspection of each local correctional facility to determine compliance, and (iv) provisions for billing the sheriff in charge of a local correctional facility or superintendent of a regional correctional facility by a community services board that provides behavioral health services in the local or regional correctional facility. The bill also allows the person in charge of a state, regional, or local correctional facility, or his designee, to receive from a health care provider medical and mental health information and records concerning a person committed to such correctional facility, even when such committed person does not provide consent or consent is not readily obtainable, when such information and records are necessary (i) for the provision of health care to the person committed, (ii) to protect the health and safety of the person committed or other residents or staff of the facility, or (iii) to maintain the security and safety of the facility. The bill clarifies that the administrative personnel of a state, regional, or local correctional facility may receive medical and mental health information and records from any health care provider concerning any person committed to such correctional facility as necessary to maintain the safety of the facility, its employees, or other prisoners.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 53.1-40.10, 53.1-68, and 53.1-133.03 of the Code of Virginia, relating to behavioral health services; exchange of medical and mental health information and records; correctional facilities.

19105347D

H.B. 1960

Patron: Toscano

Alcoholic beverage control; low alcohol beverage coolers. Allows low alcohol beverage coolers to be manufactured by a licensed distiller or a distiller located outside of the Commonwealth. The bill also allows licensed distillers to use spirits manufactured by another licensed distiller in the manufacture of low alcohol beverage coolers. In addition, the bill allows (i) low alcohol beverage coolers to be sold in government stores and (ii) distillers to sell low alcohol beverage coolers that are manufactured or blended by such distillers at government stores established on their licensed premises.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-100 and 4.1-119 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; licensed distillers; manufacture and sale of low alcohol beverage cooler.

19104696D

H.B. 1973

Patron: Hurst

Historical African American cemeteries; Pulaski County. Adds two cemeteries in Pulaski County to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The cemeteries are the New River Cemetery, which contains 33 eligible graves, and the West Dublin Cemetery, which contains 44 eligible graves.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-2211.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historical African American cemeteries; Pulaski County.

19103745D

H.B. 1986

Patron: Bell, Richard P.

Certain facilities in the Commonwealth; participation in educational programs. Requires any person of school age who is admitted to the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents to be permitted to participate in any education program offered in the facility that is administered by the Department of Education, regardless of his enrollment status, unless such child has been excused from attendance at school due to a bona fide religious training or belief. The bill permits information required to enroll such person in any such education program to be disclosed in accordance with state and federal law.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to children in residence or custody; participation in educational programs.

19105308D

H.B. 2022

Patron: Murphy

Workers' compensation; filing of claim. Provides that if an employer has received notice of an accident resulting in compensable injury to an employee and the employer has paid compensation or wages to such employee during incapacity for work resulting from such injury or the employer has failed to file the report of said accident with the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission or otherwise has under a workers' compensation plan or insurance policy furnished or caused to be furnished medical service to such employee, the statute of limitations applicable to the filing of a claim shall be tolled until the last day for which such payment of compensation or wages or furnishment of medical services is provided and that occurs more than six months after the date of accident. The measure provides that no such payment of wages or workers' compensation benefits or furnishment of medical service occurring after the expiration of the statute of limitations applies to this provision. The measure also provides that (i) if the employer has failed to file a first report, the statute of limitations shall be tolled during the duration thereof until the employer filed the first report of accident and (ii) if more than one of the above tolling provisions applies, whichever of those causes the longer period of tolling shall apply.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-602 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; tolling of statute of limitations.

19106072D

H.B. 2173

Patron: Miyares

Public institutions of higher education; tuition and fee increases; public comment. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to establish policies for the public to comment directly during a meeting of such governing board in a live, real-time setting on any proposed increase in undergraduate tuition or mandatory fees within the 30-day period prior to any vote on such increase. The bill permits such policies to include (i) reasonable limits on an individual public comment and total time reserved for public comment and (ii) additional electronic means for the public to communicate with such governing board.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-307 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; tuition and fee increases; public comment.

19101632D

H.B. 2185

Patron: Kilgore

Virginia Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund and Program. Establishes the Virginia Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, for the purpose of awarding grants to small, rural information technology businesses in certain localities in the Southwest and Southside regions of Virginia to establish 18-month apprenticeship programs for full-time employees that combine mentorship and on-the-job training to enhance the experience and skills of such employees.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 7 of Chapter 31 of Title 23.1 a section numbered 23.1-3129.1, relating to the establishment of the Virginia Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund and Program.

19101830D

H.B. 2260

Patron: Robinson

Health insurance; catastrophic health plans. Authorizes health carriers to offer catastrophic plans on the individual market and to offer such plans to all individuals. The measure provides that a catastrophic plan is deemed to provide an essential health benefits package and to meet certain requirements of federal law. A catastrophic plan is a high-deductible health care plan that provides essential health benefits and coverage for at least three primary care visits per policy year. Under the federal Affordable Care Act, catastrophic plans satisfy requirements that health benefit plans provide minimum levels of coverage only if they cover individuals who are under 30 years of age or who qualify for a hardship exemption or affordability exemption. The measure requires the Commissioner of Insurance to apply to the federal government for a state innovation waiver allowing the implementation of the provision. The provision will become effective 30 days after the Commissioner notifies certain persons that the request has been approved.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-3446.1, relating to health insurance; catastrophic plans.

19101685D

H.B. 2272

Patron: Webert

Limited liability companies; Protected Series Act. Provides for the creation by a limited liability company (LLC) of one or more protected series. The measure provides that each protected series may have different ownership, management structures, assets, and liabilities. Each protected series may function in a manner analogous to a separate legal entity within the LLC that established the protected series, which is referred to as the series LLC. The measure provides a process through which debts and obligations of one protected series are neither the debts nor obligations of any other protected series nor of the series LLC. Under the measure, a separate public filing is required to establish each protected series of a series LLC. The measure specifies rules for disregarding the internal liability shields that protect the assets of one protected series from the creditors of another. The measure provides that assets not properly associated with a protected series may be subject to the claims of creditors even if the internal shields among series remain intact. The measure is based on the Uniform Protected Series Act prepared by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The measure has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 13.1-1002, 13.1-1004, 13.1-1005, 13.1-1012, 13.1-1051, 13.1-1061, 13.1-1062, 13.1-1064, 13.1-1065, and 13.1-1067 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 12 of Title 13.1 an article numbered 16, consisting of sections numbered 13.1-1088 through 13.1-1099.27, relating to limited liability companies; protected series; establishment of protected series by a limited liability company; limits on the liability of assets of a protected series.

19100497D

H.B. 2311

Patron: Hayes

Historical African American cemeteries; City of Suffolk. Adds Oak Lawn Cemetery in Suffolk, with 468 eligible graves, to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-2211.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historical African American cemeteries; City of Suffolk.

19103123D

H.B. 2324

Patron: Peace

Major information technology project procurement; terms and conditions; limitation of liability provisions. Requires, in any contract for a major information technology project, terms and conditions relating to the indemnification obligations and liability of a supplier to be reasonable and to not exceed in aggregate twice the value of the contract. The bill also provides that there is be no limitation on the liability of a supplier for (i) any intentional or willful misconduct, fraud, or recklessness of a supplier or any employee of a supplier or (ii) claims for bodily injury, including death, and damage to real property or tangible personal property resulting from the negligence of a supplier or any employee of a supplier. The bill provides an exception to such conditions where the Secretary of Administration approves a reasonable maximum alternative limitation of liability amount recommended by the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth based on a risk assessment showing exceptional risk to the Commonwealth.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-2012.1, relating to major information technology project procurement; terms and conditions; limitation of liability provisions.

19105482D

H.B. 2337

Patron: Landes

Governing boards of public institutions of higher education; tuition and mandatory fee rates; report. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to provide and discuss certain information relating to the rate of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at meetings preceding the meeting at which it sets such rate, including the factors that it expects will influence such rate and a projected range of the increase in such rate. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Education to submit to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance an annual report that contains an assessment of such information.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-307 of the Code of Virginia, relating to governing boards of public institutions of higher education; tuition and mandatory fee rates; report.

19105554D

H.B. 2406

Patron: Adams, L.R.

Historical African American cemeteries; City of Martinsville. Adds three cemeteries in Martinsville to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The cemeteries are the Matthews Cemetery, which contains eight eligible graves; the People's Cemetery, which contains 178 eligible graves; and the Smith Street Cemetery, which contains nine eligible graves.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-2211.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historical African American cemeteries; City of Martinsville.

19102745D

H.B. 2478

Patron: Kilgore

Virginia Stock Corporation Act. Updates and modernizes the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the Act) to conform to many provisions of the 2016 revision of the Model Business Corporation Act produced by the Corporate Laws Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. The Act is amended to, among other things, (i) provide corporations greater authorization to combine with or convert into non-corporate entities, whether domiciled in Virginia or in another jurisdiction; (ii) provide that a combination or conversion with a business entity that would expose a shareholder to personal liability for the entity's liabilities requires the prior consent of each affected shareholder; (iii) define "expenses" as including reasonable expenses of any kind, including attorney fees; (iv) specify that notices to a corporation be delivered to the corporation's secretary; (v) add an article that establishes processes a corporation may follow to correct a failure to properly authorize a corporate actor an over-issuance of shares; (vi) confirm that a corporation's designation of an exclusive forum for resolution of internal corporate claims trumps any other provision in the Act that permits the action to be brought in another forum; (vii) authorize the articles of incorporation to provide whether shareholders have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors; (viii) require that the plaintiff in a derivative suit be a shareholder at the time he made the requisite demand on the corporation to take suitable action, as well as at the time of the commencement of, and during, the proceeding; (ix) clarify that if a shareholder demand for a derivative suit is rejected and a derivative suit is commenced, the plaintiff's right of discovery is limited to facts that are alleged with particularity in the complaint; (x) permit the appropriate circuit court to remove a director who has defrauded the corporation, grossly abused his power, or intentionally inflicted harm to the corporation; (xi) provide officers with protection from liability to the extent that they relied in good faith on the advice or performance of others; (xii) spell out the relief that a court can grant in a proceeding by a director or officer for advance, reimbursement, or indemnity; (xiii) establish a process by which a corporation may abandon an amendment or restatement of its articles of incorporation after it has been adopted by shareholders but prior to its effective date; (xiv) reduce the amount of detail that is required to be included in the articles of amendment regarding the shareholder vote to approve an amendment of the articles of incorporation; (xv) establish requirements for approval of a plan of domestication or conversion by the holders of outstanding shares of each class and series voting as separate voting groups; (xvi) permit a domestic corporation to convert to a type of eligible entity, including a non-stock corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, other than only a limited liability company as is currently permitted; (xvii) limit the appraisal rights on the sale of substantially all assets to a sale to an interested person; (xviii) provide appraisal rights on a conversion to any unincorporated entity; and (xix) permit a corporation to impose reasonable restrictions on the confidential use and distribution of financial statements and other records that a shareholder receives in the exercise of inspection rights. The measure incudes technical changes. Several provisions have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 13.1-603, 13.1-604, 13.1-604.1, 13.1-606 through 13.1-612, 13.1-614 through 13.1-616, 13.1-619, 13.1-623, 13.1-624, 13.1-625, 13.1-627, 13.1-629 through 13.1-632, 13.1-634, 13.1-635, 13.1-636, 13.1-638 through 13.1-649, 13.1-651 through 13.1-670, 13.1-671.1, 13.1-672.1 through 13.1-680, 13.1-682, 13.1-685, 13.1-687 through 13.1-690.1, 13.1-692 through 13.1-699, 13.1-700.1 through 13.1-711, 13.1-713 through 13.1-721.1, 13.1-722.2, 13.1-722.3, 13.1-722.5, 13.1-722.6, 13.1-722.8 through 13.1-722.13, 13.1-723, 13.1-724, 13.1-725, 13.1-727, 13.1-728.1, 13.1-728.4 through 13.1-728.7, 13.1-728.9 through 13.1-734, 13.1-735.1, 13.1-737 through 13.1-746.1, 13.1-746.3, 13.1-747, 13.1-748, 13.1-749.1, 13.1-750, 13.1-751, 13.1-755, 13.1-757 through 13.1-761, and 13.1-763 through 13.1-775 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 9 of Title 13.1 an article numbered 1.1, consisting of sections numbered 13.1-614.1 through 13.1-614.8, by adding in Article 8.1 of Chapter 9 of Title 13.1 a section numbered 13.1-672.7, by adding sections numbered 13.1-681.1 and 13.1-712.1, by adding in Article 12.1 of Chapter 9 of Title 13.1 sections numbered 13.1-722.1:1 and 13.1-722.7:1, and by adding sections numbered 13.1-722.12:1 and 13.1-768.1; and to repeal §§ 13.1-722.4, 13.1-722.7, and 13.1-722.14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.

19104722D

H.B. 2490

Patron: Rush

Tech Talent Investment Program. Creates a grant program to assist qualified public institutions of higher education, defined in the bill, in reaching, by 2039, a goal of increasing, in the aggregate, the number of bachelor's and master's degrees awarded in computer science, computer engineering, and closely related fields by at least 25,000 degrees. To be eligible for an annual grant, a qualified institution is required to enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth specific criteria for eligible degrees, eligible expenses, and degree production goals. The bill requires qualified institutions that are grant recipients to report annually on progress towards meeting such goals and that grants issued pursuant to the program are subject to appropriation. The bill also requires the Secretary of Finance to submit an annual report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance regarding (i) the progress of each qualified institution toward the goals set forth in their memorandum of understanding and (ii) the aggregate amount of grants awarded to each qualified institution.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.4 and 23.1-306 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Subtitle III of Title 23.1 a chapter numbered 12.1, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-1239 through 23.1-1243, relating to creation of the Tech Talent Investment Program.

19105488D

H.B. 2577

Patron: Thomas

Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder in individuals of any age. Currently, such coverage is required to be provided for individuals from age two through age 10. The provision applies with respect to insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on or after January 1, 2020.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-3418.17 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder.

19102840D

H.B. 2597

Patron: Herring

Child abuse and neglect report or complaint; victims of sex trafficking; taking child victim into custody. Provides that a valid report or complaint of child abuse or neglect where a local department of social services has evaluated the allegations and determined that the local department shall conduct a sex trafficking assessment may be established if the alleged victim has been identified as a victim of sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking and the abuser is the victim's parent, other caretaker, or any other person suspected to have caused such abuse and neglect. The bill requires the local department, when responding to such complaint, to perform a sex trafficking assessment. The bill also allows a child-protective services worker of a local department responding to such complaint to take the child victim into custody and allows the local department to maintain custody of the child for up to 72 hours without prior approval of a parent or guardian. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 63.2-1508 and 63.2-1517 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1506.1, relating to child abuse and neglect; report or complaint; victims of sex trafficking; taking child victim into custody.

19105105D

H.B. 2620

Patron: Miyares

Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; educational programs. Requires educational programs for the governing boards of public institutions of higher education to include presentations relating to (i) board members' primary duty to the citizens of the Commonwealth and (ii) student debt trends.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-1304 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; governing boards; educational programs.

19103949D

H.B. 2681

Patron: McQuinn

Historical African American cemeteries; City of Hampton. Adds six cemeteries in Hampton to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The cemeteries are Bassette's Cemetery, containing 212 eligible graves, the Elmerton Cemetery, containing 339 eligible graves, the Good Samaritan Cemetery, containing 37 eligible graves, the Queen Street Cemetery, containing 14 eligible graves, the Tucker Family Cemetery, containing 15 eligible graves, and the Union Street Cemetery, containing 125 eligible graves.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-2211.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historical African American cemeteries; City of Hampton.

19102878D

H.B. 2685

Patron: Torian

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. Extends the benefits of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to the spouse or child of a veteran with at least a 90 percent permanent, service-related disability. Under current law, the spouse or child would be eligible for benefits only if the veteran's disability was incurred during military operations against terrorism, on a peacekeeping mission, as a result of a terrorist act, or in any armed conflict. Under the provisions of the bill, eligibility for stipends from the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund is unchanged.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-608 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-608.1, relating to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.

19104451D

H.B. 2739

Patron: Herring

Historical African American cemeteries; City of Alexandria. Adds six cemeteries in Alexandria to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The cemeteries are the Baptist Cemetery at the African American Heritage Park, which contains 28 eligible graves; the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, which contains 631 eligible graves; the Douglass Cemetery, which contains 83 eligible graves; the Lebanon Union Cemetery, which contains 53 eligible graves; the Methodist Protestant Cemetery, which contains 1,134 eligible graves; and the Penny Hill Cemetery, which contains 14 eligible graves.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-2211.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historical African American cemeteries; City of Alexandria.

19104603D

H.B. 2741

Patron: Aird

Clean Energy Advisory Board; low-to-moderate income solar loan and rebate pilot program and fund. Establishes the Clean Energy Advisory Board (the Board) as an advisory board in the executive branch of government for the purpose of establishing a pilot program for disbursing loans or rebates for the installation of solar energy infrastructure in low-income and moderate-income households. The bill provides that the Board shall have a total membership of 15 members, consisting of 14 nonlegislative citizen members and the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, who shall serve ex officio. The bill establishes the Low-to-Moderate Income Solar Loan and Rebate Fund to be used to fund loans or rebate payments to electric customers who complete solar installations or energy efficiency improvements. The bill provides that the pilot program is open to any Virginia resident whose household income is at or below 80 percent of the state median income or regional median income, whichever is greater. The bill establishes application requirements and procedures for the review and approval or denial of applications. The bill requires that each applicant document the installation of energy efficiency services to demonstrate that such services lower home energy consumption by at least 12 percent prior to the submission of an application. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 45.1 a chapter numbered 27, consisting of sections numbered 45.1-395 through 45.1-400, relating to Clean Energy Advisory Board; fund; solar installation loan or rebate; report; sunset.

19105980D