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1 GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN'S DAY ONE GAME PLAN. LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. Bill Number: HB 127. Patrons: Davis Short Title: Academic year Governor's Schools; certain practices prohibited and permitted. Summary: Prohibits any academic year Governor's School or governing board member, director, administrator, or employee thereof from (i) discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin;. (ii) engaging in proxy discrimination, as defined in the bill, in student admissions; or (iii) seeking information on students' race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin during the application process for admission to such school unless expressly required by federal law, and to the extent it is required by federal law, the bill requires such information to be withheld to the maximum extent practicable from any individual involved in admissions decisions to the end that admissions decisions are blind as to the applicants' race, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin.

2 Bill Number: HB 244 / SB 372. Patrons: Webert / Hackworth Short Title: Regulatory Budget Program; DPB to establish a continuous Program; report. Summary: The Department of Planning and Budget shall establish and administer the Regulatory Budget Program: Any target set by DPB shall be based on the total number of regulations and regulatory requirements provided by the baseline regulatory catalog. When an agency identifies a regulation or regulatory requirement proposed for elimination or modification that requires a change in state law, the responsible Secretary shall report the recommendation to the Chairs of House and Senate Rules. If necessary to meet the target set by DPB, each agency shall initiate reforms through rulemaking or nonregulatory action or to the General Assembly through the recommendation process. The Secretary of Finance shall report to the Speaker and Senate Rules Chairman on the progress of the Program.

3 DPB shall track and report on the extent to which agencies comply with existing requirements. DPB by October 1, 2024. issue guidance for agencies that address: The Secretary of Finance may exempt an agency for no more than a year and must include the reason in the report and if further exemptions are necessary to recommend legislation. Bill Number: HB 305 / SB 371. Patrons: Ransone / Vogel House Title: Virginia Personnel Act; policy or administration for Department of Elections. House Summary: Increase the membership of the State Board of Elections from three to six members (3 Republicans, 3 Democrats.) The State Board of Elections appoints Commissioner (subject to General Assembly confirmation) and removes by a 5 out of 6 vote. Removes the political appointment of the Chief Deputy of the Department of Elections. The Department of 1 of 14. Elections will conduct periodic assessments to ensure voters are in the correct congressional and state legislative districts and share the results with local registrars.

4 The State Registrar of Vital Records to transmit weekly lists of decedents to the Department of Elections. Reinstates the Photo ID requirement for voting. Requires General Registrars to promptly cancel the registration of all persons known by him to be a decedent from the list transmitted by the State Registrar of Vital Records. Risk limiting audits to be conducted before the certification of elections. Creates a statutory chain of custody for absentee ballots collected from ballot drop off locations. Requires legible postmark for absentee ballots returned by mail. Senate Title: Elections, State Board of; expands membership, appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Senate Summary: Expands the membership of the State Board of Elections from five members to eight members with equal representation given to both parties. The bill also gives the State Board of Elections the authority and duty to appoint the Commissioner of Elections of the Department of Elections.

5 The appointment and removal of the Commissioner require an affirmative vote of six of the eight Board members. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. Bill Number: HB 308 / SB 613 / HB 4 / HB 59 / SB 2 / SB 36 / SB 287. Patrons: Ransone / Stanley / Wyatt / McGuire / Cosgrove / Norment / DeSteph Short Title: School principals; incident report Summary: Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Bill Number: HB 332 / SB 540. Patrons: Head, Walker / Peake Short Title: Income tax, state and corporate; credit for small businesses. Summary: Provides, in taxable year 2022, an individual or corporate income tax credit, as applicable for an eligible small business, defined in the bill as a (i) (a) pass-through entity that employs fewer than 50 employees and that has no more than $10 million in gross receipts during such taxable year or (b) self-employed individual or (ii) corporation that is at least 51.

6 Percent independently owned by one or more United States citizens or legal resident aliens, employs fewer than 50 employees together with affiliates, and has no more than $10 million in gross receipts during the taxable year, and where the individual business owners must control both the management and daily operations of the business. The individual income tax credit is equal to the amount of Virginia income tax owed on up to $250,000 of personal income during such taxable year and the credit for a corporation equals the amount of Virginia income tax owed during such taxable year on up to $250,000 of the amount that is not deductible when computing federal tax due to Virginia's deconformity from certain provisions of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. The credit is subject to an aggregate cap of $75. million. 2 of 14. Bill Number: HB 344 / SB 608 / SB 635.

7 Patrons: Davis / Suetterlein / Chase Short Title: Public charter schools; applications, review and approval. Summary: The Board of Education or a local school board may be able to receive and review public charter schools' applications. The Board of Education or a local school board may be able to establish public charter schools and revoke the charter if certain violations occur. Bill Number: HB 346 / SB 598. Patrons: Davis / Pillion Short Title: College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Summary: Allow any public or private college or university or private business to establish a lab school. In reviewing and ruling upon applications, the Board of Education shall give substantial preference to any application from a historically black college or university or any application to establish a lab school in an underserved community. Bill Number: HB 356 / SB 125.

8 Patrons: Tata, Batten / Obenshain Short Title: Public schools; regional charter school divisions. Summary: Authorizes the Board of Education to establish a regional charter school division consisting of at least two but not more than three existing school divisions which has an enrollment of more than 3,000 students. These schools shall be supervised by a school board appointed by the Board of Education. The local school, after review by the Board, reviews and approves public charter school applications in the regional charter school divisions SOQs per pupil funding of the underlying school district in which the student resides to be transferred to the regional charter school. Bill Number: HB 358 / SB 572. Patrons: McGuire / Kiggans Short Title: Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees. Summary: The Secretary of Veteran and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, in conjunction with the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity shall examine: The waiving of fees associated with permits necessary to start a small business for veteran-owned businesses, Recommendations regarding removing regulatory barriers for veteran-owned small businesses.

9 Bill Number: HB 472 / SB 560 / SB11. Patrons: McNamara / Norment / Suetterlein Short Title: Income tax, state; increases standard deduction. Summary: Doubling the standard deduction to $9,000 for single filers and $18,000 for married persons filing jointly starting in FY2022. Bill Number: HB 833 / SB 592. Patrons: Wilt / DeSteph Short Title: Group Violence Intervention Board; Division of Group Violence Intervention; Project Ceasefire Grant Fund; Project Exit Grant Fund. Summary: Establishes the Group Violence Intervention Board to coordinate and assist federal, state, and local group violence intervention efforts. The bill also establishes within the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) the Division of Group Violence Intervention (the Division), to be headed by an executive director appointed by the Director of the 3 of 14. Department. The bill provides that the Division is responsible for (i) coordinating the efforts of members of state and local law enforcement, community members, and social services providers to combat group violence; (ii) serving as a clearinghouse for research, best practices, and strategies that may be utilized in the implementation, execution, and evaluation of group violence interventions; and (iii) implementing and administering various federal, state, and local grant funds that aid group violence intervention efforts.

10 Finally, the bill creates the Project Ceasefire Grant Fund, which provides money to organizations that are involved in group violence intervention efforts, and creates the Project Exit Grant Fund, which provides money to organizations that assist former gang members or individuals attempting to leave gangs. Bill Number: HB 847 / SB 569. Patrons: Bloxom / Kiggans Short Title: Coastal VA Resiliency Authority; created Summary: Creates the Coastal Virginia Resiliency Authority, a single state entity to develop, manage, and integrate coastal restoration and resilience. Bill Number: HB 873 / SB 415. Patrons: Greenhalgh / DeSteph Short Title: School boards; school resource officers; employment; threat assessment. Summary: Require each school board to enter into a collaborative agreement with local law enforcement agencies to employ at least one school resource officer in each public elementary and secondary school.