Lower carbon concrete; report. Providesa performance bonus for contractors to utilize approved lower carbonconcrete products in projects with the Department of General Services(DGS) and the Department of Transportation (VDOT). The bill directsthe Department of Environmental Quality to develop, in conjunctionwith DGS and VDOT, the baseline for determining if a concrete productis lower carbon concrete. The bill requires VDOT and DGS to reportannually to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning theuse of the performance bonus. The bill also creates a nonrefundabletax credit for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2022,but before January 1, 2026, for certain technology implementationcosts incurred by concrete producers in the production of lower carbon concrete equal to the amount actually paid by the producerfor the technology implementation, up to a maximum of $5,000.
Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Joan ThompsonBenka.
Foster Care Prevention program. Establishesthe Foster Care Prevention program to facilitate placements withrelatives and ensure that such relatives are provided with the resources necessary to provide care for the child. The bill provides that achild is eligible to participate in the Foster Care Prevention programif the local department of social services (local department) determinesthat (i) the child is in the custody of a relative pursuant to acourt order; (ii) the child's parent or guardian voluntarily placedthe child with such relative; (iii) the child demonstrates a strongattachment to the relative, and the relative has a strong commitmentto caring for the child; and (iv) had the relative not agreed totake custody of the child, the local department likely would havefiled a petition to remove the child from his home due to an imminentthreat of child abuse or neglect. The bill requires relatives seeking to receive Foster Care Prevention program payments to enter intoan agreement with the local department and Department of Social Servicesthat describes the manner in which payments will be provided and establishes the amount of such payments. The bill requires the juvenileand domestic relations court, in any custody case involving the FosterCare Prevention program wherein a relative is awarded custody ofa child, to establish the timelines of the custody order and allowsthe court to order the local department to provide case managementservices.
Commending the Rustburg High School girls' volleyball team.
Commending the Pi Lambda Lambda Chapter of OmegaPsi Phi Fraternity.
Commending C.J. Coakley Company, Inc.
Campaign finance; mandatory electronic filingfor all candidates. Requires all candidates to file their campaignfinance reports electronically with the State Board of Elections.
Commending the Honorable Christopher KilianPeace.
Assault and battery; persons diagnosed withautism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness;penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assaultand battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinicalpsychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability,or mental illness and the violation was caused by or had a directand substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disabilityis guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall not be subject to mandatoryminimum punishment. Under current law, certain simple assault and battery offenses carry a mandatory minimum punishment when such offensesare committed against certain groups of people.
Commending the Appomattox County High School softball team.
Constitutional amendment (voter referendum);qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitledto vote. Provides for a referendum at the November 8, 2022, generalelection to approve or reject an amendment that would provide forthe fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, revise the qualificationsof voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitledto vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically investedwith the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and updatethe existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentallyincompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lackthe capacity to understand the act of voting.
Commending the Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer FireDepartment.
