HB882 - Students; Department of Education's model policy on cell phone use during instructional time.

6 Co-Sponsors

Department of Education; model policy on student cell phone use during instructional time; local adoption. Requires the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model policy whereby public elementary and secondary school students are prohibited from possessing or using personal cell phones or other personal handheld communication devices during instructional time at school. The bill requires the Department, in developing and adopting such model policy, to seek to balance the interests of students' academic achievement, cognitive development, safety, and general well-being and permits the Department to include appropriate exceptions in extraordinary circumstances such as emergency situations or situations involving the need to contact the student's parents. The bill requires each school board to develop and adopt a policy that is consistent with such model policy adopted by the Department.

HJR108 - Commending Hunt Smile Design.

1 Co-Sponsor

HJR105 - Commending the York County Little League 9-11 All-Stars baseball team.

1 Co-Sponsor

HJR106 - Commending James E. Barnett.

1 Co-Sponsor

HJR107 - Commending the Yorktown ReStore.

1 Co-Sponsor

HB1513 - Service members; active-duty status for any member injured while in the line of duty.

45 Co-Sponsors

Active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty. Provides that the Adjutant General may maintain state active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty during the course of a state active-duty mission who is unable to return to civilian employment for a period of up to 90 days after the date of the service member's injury. Active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty. Provides that the Adjutant General may maintain state active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty during the course of a state active-duty mission who is unable to return to civilian employment for a period of up to 90 days after the date of the service member's injury.

HB1407 - Income tax, state; subtraction for tax, military retirement benefits, uniformed services.

4 Co-Sponsors

Income tax subtraction; military retirement benefits; uniformed services. Expands the definition of "military benefits" to include an income tax subtraction of retirement income received for service in the uniformed services of the United States, which includes the United States Armed Forces, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service. Under current law, the subtraction is only allowed for military retirement income received for service in the United States Armed Forces.

HB1315 - Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information, definition of public official.

3 Co-Sponsors

Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information; definition of public official. Adds to the definition of "public official" any elected official for the purposes of prohibiting the Commonwealth from publishing on the Internet the personal information of any public official if a court has ordered that such official's personal information is prohibited from publication and the official has made a demand in writing to the Commonwealth, accompanied by the order of the court, that the Commonwealth not publish such information. The bill provides that such written demand made by an elected official is effective for four years if such elected official continuously serves throughout the four-year period.

HB1258 - Employee protections; discipline for political activity or affiliations prohibited.

2 Co-Sponsors

Employee protections; discipline for political activity or affiliations prohibited. Prohibits an employer from (i) directing the political activity or affiliations of an employee; (ii) discharging, disciplining, or discriminating against an employee for such employee's lawful engagement or refusal to engage in any political activity or affiliations; and (iii) refusing to hire, employ, or license an individual on the basis of such individual's political activity or affiliations. The bill provides exceptions to these requirements where an employer believes that such actions are required by statute, regulation, or other mandate, where a professional services contract permits an employer to limit the off-duty activities of an individual, and in the case of a religious exemption. A violation of the provisions of the bill may be subject to a civil action within one year of the employer's prohibited retaliatory action.

HB1007 - Fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; Department of Education to develop.

6 Co-Sponsors

Department of Education; development and distribution of fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; requirements. Requires the Department of Education to develop, in collaboration with the Department of Health, a fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet designed to promote awareness of the dangers associated with and the prevalence of fentanyl and provide essential information on fentanyl overdose prevention and preparedness among high school-age students. The bill requires the Department of Education to make available to each school board and post in a publicly accessible location on its website such informational one-sheet and to annually review and update such informational one-sheet in collaboration with the Department of Health to ensure its currency and accuracy. The bill requires each public high school or secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 to annually distribute such informational one-sheet to each student in grades nine through 12 within the first two weeks of the school year.