Absentee voting; absentee voting in person;available beginning 14 days prior to election. Limits the availabilityof absentee voting in person to 14 days before the election. Undercurrent law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to the election.
Portable benefit accounts; tax credit.Authorizes a Virginia resident who has worked as an independent contractorto establish a portable benefit account. Under the bill, a portable benefit account offered through and administered by a bank, creditunion, or other depository institution and distributions from theaccount may be used for the payment of various health-related costs.The bill establishes a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years2024 through 2028 for individuals who contribute to a portable benefitaccount.
Public institutions of higher education; diversity,equity, and inclusion initiatives; annual certification. Requiresthe chief executive officer of each public institution of higher education to annually submit to the State Council of Higher Educationfor Virginia, the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Committeeon Education and the Senate Committee on Education of Health no laterthan August 1 a written, signed certification that no diversity, equity, and inclusion-related program, instruction, or initiative providedor sponsored by such institution promotes anti-Semitism.
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; recruitment and development of volunteer firefighters; work group. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to study the recruitment and development ofvolunteer firefighters with a specific focus on providing trainingto volunteer fire departments, volunteer fire companies, and volunteerfirefighters in a cost-efficient and effective manner and to identifyand recommend eliminating any barriers to the recruitment and developmentof volunteer firefighters.
Wrongful death; death of parent or guardianof child resulting from driving under the influence; child support.Provides that in any action for death by wrongful act where the defendant,as a result of driving a motor vehicle or operating a watercraft under the influence, unintentionally caused the death of another personwho was the parent or legal guardian of a child, the person who hascustody of such child may petition the court to order that the defendantpay child support.
Absentee voting; absentee voting in person;available beginning 30 days prior to election. Limits the availabilityof absentee voting in person to 30 days before the election. Undercurrent law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to the election.
Absentee voting in person; available beginningon the fourteenth day prior to election; hours of operation.Limits absentee voting in person to the two weeks immediately precedingan election. During these two weeks, the bill requires that absentee voting in person be available Monday through Saturday, from 7:00a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; prohibitionon boycotting Israel. Requires all public bodies to include in every contract in excess of $100,000 with a business that employsmore than 10 employees and in every subcontract or purchase orderin excess of $10,000 a provision that states that during the performanceof the contract, neither the contracting business nor any of itsaffiliates shall engage in a boycott of Israel.
Energy policy of the Commonwealth; state authority;legislative declaration. Declares that affordable, reliable,and secure energy resources are important to the health, safety,and welfare of the Commonwealth's citizens and provides that theCommonwealth has a duty to defend the production and supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy from external regulatory interference.Under the bill, if the State Corporation Commission or an electricutility, as defined in the bill, receives notice of any federal regulationthat may threaten the production or supply of affordable, reliable,and secure energy within the Commonwealth, the Commission or suchelectric utility shall inform the Office of the Attorney Generalof such regulation within 30 days of the receipt of such notice.The bill requires the Office of the Attorney General to take anyaction necessary to defend the Commonwealth's interest in the productionand supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy, includingfiling an action in court or participating in administrative proceedings.
Fees for resident concealed handgun permits.Eliminates the fees that may be charged for the processing of anapplication for or issuing of a resident concealed handgun permit, including any costs associated with the clerk's consultation withlaw-enforcement agencies, which under current law is $10; a fee notto exceed $35 to the law-enforcement agency conducting the backgroundinvestigation; and a fee not to exceed $5 to the State Police tocover its costs associated with processing the application.
