Income tax, corporate; combined reporting requirements, disclosures. [HB-1109]
Corporate income tax; combined reporting requirements; disclosures. Requires, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, unitary combined reporting for Virginia corporate income tax purposes. The bill also requires corporations, beginning with taxable year 2020, to submit a public disclosure report to the Department of Taxation with certain data related to their state taxes, which will be redacted to hide their identities prior to publication.
HB-1109: Income tax, corporate; combined reporting requirements, disclosures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Finance on 12/04/2020
Marijuana; possession. [HB-1507]
Possession of marijuana. Allows for possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. Possession of marijuana. Allows for possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use.
HB-1507: Marijuana; possession.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/04/2020
Health care provider panel; definition of "vertically-integrated carrier." [HB-1731]
Health care provider panels; vertically integrated carriers; providers. Requires any vertically integrated carrier to offer participation in each provider panel or network established for each of the vertically integrated carrier's policies, products, and plans, including all policies, products, and plans offered to individuals, employers, and enrollees in state and federal government benefit programs, to every provider in the Commonwealth under the same terms and conditions that apply to providers under common control with the vertically integrated
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HB-1731: Health care provider panel; definition of "vertically-integrated carrier."
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Labor And Commerce on 12/04/2020
General Assembly; streaming and recording of meetings. [HB-182]
General Assembly meetings; streaming and recording. Requires the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate to ensure that every (i) subcommittee or committee meeting of a standing committee of the General Assembly, regardless of meeting date, and (ii) floor session of the House of Delegates or the Senate, including any joint session of the houses, is streamed with closed captioning, recorded and archived. The bill defines "stream" and specifies that a qualifying meeting is one the date and time of which have been scheduled on a
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HB-182: General Assembly; streaming and recording of meetings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Rules on 12/04/2020
Higher educational institutions, public; threat assessment team, data reporting. [HB-1115]
Public institutions of higher education; threat assessment team; data reporting. Requires each threat assessment team at public institutions of higher education to collect and report to the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety quantitative data on its activities according to guidance developed by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety in consultation with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
HB-1115: Higher educational institutions, public; threat assessment team, data reporting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Education on 12/04/2020
Food packaging; PFAS chemicals, penalty. [HB-1712]
Food packaging; PFAS chemicals; penalty. Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution for sale or use of any food packaging containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS chemicals), defined in the bill as a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. The penalty for violating the prohibition is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
HB-1712: Food packaging; PFAS chemicals, penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 12/04/2020
Health insurance; essential health benefits, abortion coverage. [HB-1713]
Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Virginia.
HB-1713: Health insurance; essential health benefits, abortion coverage.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Labor And Commerce on 12/04/2020
Employment; covenants not to compete. [HB-1112]
Employment; covenants not to compete. Declares that any contract, including a provision of an employment agreement, entered into on or after July 1, 2020, by which an employee is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business for a specified period of time, in a specified geographical area, or for another employer is contrary to public policy and void.
HB-1112: Employment; covenants not to compete.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Left In Labor And Commerce on 12/04/2020
Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty. [HB-1111]
Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies; penalty. Authorizes a court to issue a protective order upon convicting a defendant for a felony offense of (i) violating a protective order, (ii) homicide, (iii) kidnapping, (iv) assaults and bodily woundings, (v) extortion, or (vi) criminal sexual assault. The bill provides that the duration of such protective order can be for any period of time, including up to the lifetime of the defendant, that the court deems necessary to protect the health and safety of the victim and may
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HB-1111: Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Bourne
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/04/2020
Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. [HB-1594]
Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related services for children 18 years of age or younger when a licensed audiologist prescribes such hearing aids and related services. The coverage includes one hearing aid per hearing-impaired ear, up to a cost of $1,500, every 24 months. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for
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HB-1594: Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Labor And Commerce on 12/04/2020