Public Comments for 02/10/2022 General Laws
HB19 - Virginia Public Procurement Act; public higher educational institutions, disclosure by offerors.
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HB144 - Charitable gaming; clarifies definition of organization.
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Last Name: Wilson Organization: Town Club of Portsmouth Locality: Virginia Beach, VA

We are a 501c7 nonprofit corporation. We were established in 1982. We operate and have always operated as a charitable organization. We give to the American Cancer Society and the Heart Fund and it is incorporated into our bylaws. The law has restricted our means to fund raise and HB144 fixes this problem. We support HB144 except for the following: Charitable gaming; definition of organization. Adds to the list of organizations permitted to conduct charitable gaming organizations that are exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code and are operated, and have always been operated, exclusively to provide scholarships to local schools and other community assistance. **The following language is what needs to be changed as 501c7's have nothing to do with scholarships but we are still charitable. If they omit the scholarships or change the "and" to an "or" it would be fine. See below Change from “exclusively to provide scholarships to local schools and other community assistance.” to “exclusively to provide scholarships to local schools or other community assistance”.

Last Name: Helm Locality: Winchester

Many small, non-fraternal organizations rely on gaming to do work other than socialization. This measure would restore some of those abilities that are not currently permitted under recent gaming changes. Your support of these changes is encouraged and appreciated.

HB307 - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; estimated charges for records.
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Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307 and 1303 and gently PBI 891.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307, HB890, HB970, HB1287, HB1303. Please gently PBI HB891.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

I hope you will support 150, 216, 307, 444, 599,631, 970 being moved to report as being in the best interests of openness for the people. I am against 331 for that same issue. Thank you.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Thank you for your consideration. Please report HB150, 307, 444, 599, and 722 out of committee. These will help infrequent requestors of small amounts of data to not be nickle and dimed to death, and will allow those who have kids or are seniors/can't drive at night or the handicapped/disabled to participate more fully in meetings. I ask that you vote against HB33 and HB687 for the same reasons.

HB557 - Southwestern Va. Mental Health Inst.; Gov. to convey property to Smyth County.
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HB595 - Disability Rights Advocacy, Special Assistant to the Governor for; position created, report.
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Last Name: Elmore Organization: SAElmore Consulting LLC :Persons with Disabilities and Professional in disability services Locality: Colonial Heights

Comments Document

Thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of this bill. Let me give you just a few examples of issues where PWD have brought to my attention. I, too am a person with disabilities (PWD), who has worked in healthcare for 50 years, 28 with COV, and as a PWD. Case #1: Young adult, gainfully employed male, deaf from birth. MH providers would not provide American Sign Language for Mental Health appointments. ADA requires all providers public and private to provide accessible communication. Case #2: Police officer injured on duty, cannot get prosthetics to improve quality of life, as other insurance companies provide. Delays with case managers/claims approval in paying for medical care and assistive technology. Is also a Veteran, however because it is not r/t to service, is not eligible for DVS services. Case #3: COV employee injured on duty, the claims will deny medical treatment when lifetime medical was awarded. No one to facilitate and bring parties to the table to resolve issues. Patients give up and suffer. Networking is needed between and across areas to help ALL Virginians with disabilities. No services for persons with onset of injury ages 22 and up, if a TBI. Virginia does not have an ADA Coordinator as required by ADA for employers > 50 employees. COV employees have no ADA Coordinator. DHRM has a conflict of interest with being the ADA coordinator and enforce human resource actions. Our state employees need an advocate and Governor support for solutions within the ADA and Va. With disabilities Act. Executive, Legislative branches and agencies need a POC to advise on ADA issues and to ensure the State Government is providing ASL and transcriptions for all public meetings or press conferences. These are just a few areas which are needing to have a Person in the Executive Branch to facilitate issues. While is it recognized one person cannot do all the above, there are other areas which are needed to support. Research needed: a qualitative review of what other states are doing; a gap analysis of Virginia Services from persons with lived experiences, caregivers and There are multiple state agencies with bits and pieces for some persons with disabilities. There is not one agency with Gov. support to reach out to resolve any issues. Or to work on issues where these agencies do not cover. There are many Virginians who have no voice, due to the fact they do not have public supports or are low socio-economic and cannot reach out to our fragmented service delivery. Disabilities include 1:4 persons, regardless of race, creed, nationality, economic status, political affiliation, age, sex, yet Virginia only offers services to some. You are familiar with Waivers, and services for DD, or the ARC advocacy. There are other constituents who are NOT represented, as noted in the cases above. WE need to help ALL thru this position. Please also read the one pager presented, or feel free to reach out to me, for additional conversation or details. We in Virginia need to do better for ALL persons with ALL Disabilities. Please support this bill and ensure ALL Virginians have at least ONE point of contact to navigate the fragmented health system. Thank you for your time, attending and support of this part of the population.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report. Thank you.

HB734 - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal records.
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HB753 - Human rights; religious organizations, promotion of religious principles.
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Last Name: Haye Organization: Patrick Henry College Locality: Purcellville, VA

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Sub Committee Thank you for the opportunity to briefly speak in support of HB 753, 1133 and 1137. My name is Jack Haye and I serve as President of Patrick Henry College. I am here today to speak on behalf of the religious freedoms of ministries, churches and faith-based schools like Patrick Henry College – including the protections for mission-driven employment and housing accommodations. Your conversations and deliberations today are important to all Virginians of faith and, I would say, also for Virginians of no faith because you are considering this important question: “Do organizations have the right to employ those who align with their mission both in practice and, in the case of religious organizations, those who align with the undergirding theology and doctrines that define their organizations.” A negative answer to that question has far-reaching implications for both religious and individual freedom in the Commonwealth. Answering that question in the affirmative, as I encourage you to do, protects the rights of faith-based organizations like Patrick Henry College to continue providing the unique educational opportunity that people seek from us. Thank you for your service to all Virginians.

Last Name: Coppola Organization: American Association of Christian Schools Locality: Lake Ridge

Comments Document

These comments are submitted by the American Association of Christian Schools on behalf of our association and our member schools in Virginia in support of HB 753.

Last Name: Hardman Organization: Mountain View Christian Academy and the Church of Christ at Mountain View Locality: Winchester

Thank you for the opportunity to provide written feedback on HB 753. I am the administrator of Mountain View Christian Academy in Winchester, VA and my husband serves as the senior evangelist. The leadership team of our church and school is very concerned that the Virginia Values Act is infringing upon our constitutional rights of religious freedom. Please pass this bill to ensure that religious organizations are protected in the following areas. 1. That we are not considered public accommodation. Although open to the public and evangelistic in nature in all of our ministries, we must have the ability to maintain men’s and women’s bathrooms and uphold our Judeo-Christian beliefs that we were uniquely and distinctly created as male and female. Parents who send their children to our school and daycare want the assurance that their children will not be at risk of a biological male entering a women’s bathroom or vice versa. Our mission as a church and for all ministries is to evangelize and equip so we are not inclusive in who can come into our building, but we ask that we can uphold our religious convictions for all who do attend our church, school, ballgames, events, etc. 2. That we are protected in our ability to hire and fire based on our religious convictions, core values, and biblical principles. We want to ensure that we do not have to go through litigation if we choose not to hire someone because they do not adhere to our statement of faith and biblical values or if we need to let someone go who is not living up to our code of conduct and contractual ethics. Our mission as a school is to partner with the home and the church to raise up students who are thoroughly equipped with a Christ-centered world view, thus our constituency (particularly our parents) are counting on us to hire men and women who uphold their religious convictions. Teachers are the living curriculum in the school and we must be able to make decisions according to our belief structure. 3. It must be ensured that we do not have to compromise our beliefs in housing accommodations. Although we are not a boarding school, we have colleagues who do have boarding schools and we offer many retreats and overnight activities in which we maintain a separation between our males and females in housing accommodations. Again, we are asking for the right to be able to make these decisions based on our fundamental beliefs. We are not asking this to be hateful, judgmental, or bigoted in any way. We are simply asking for the freedom that was given to us by our founding fathers to worship and operate according to our religious convictions without having restrictions placed on our Biblical values. Thank you again for the opportunity to share my thoughts. I am asking you to please support HB 753 to protect the freedom of religious organizations to adhere to their religious principles without threat of government penalty. Respectfully submitted, Minta Hardman, PhD Administrator minta.hardman@ccmv.com

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report. Thank you.

Last Name: Brown Organization: Roanoke Valley Christian Schools/Shenandoah Baptist Church/Camp Eagle Locality: Roanoke

I am in my 31st year of serving Roanoke Valley Christian Schools (an accredited member of the Association of Christian Schools International) as the school's administrator. RVCS is a ministry of Shenandoah Baptist Church which also oversees the ministry of Camp Eagle located in Botetourt County. I speak in support of HB 753 and ask for your support, as well.

Last Name: Tryfiates Organization: Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) Locality: Spotsylvania

Comments Document

Please see attached PDF file of the testimony of P. George Tryfiates, Director for Government Affairs, Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) in support of HB 753. ACSI is the largest Protestant school association and has 87 member schools in Virginia with over 17,000 students. This testimony is submitted on their behalf. Tryfiates is also a long-time Virginia resident. Thank you for your consideration.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

HB753 religious folks have rights, Muslims and Jews should be treated with respect. HB909 against this, I would never put an Indian Hindu near an Indian Muslim. I think you need to realize that American is made up of many nations: not all of these nations get along with each other, and in the interest of peace here, some may bring those issues here with them. HB1133 may or may not be a good thing. I can see it working both ways, for and against folks.

HB767 - Charitable gaming; conducting without a permit, civil penalty.
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HB804 - Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; nonrefundable application fee, limitations.
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Last Name: McLain Organization: Housing Opportunities Made Equal Locality: Richmond City

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the subcommittee. My name is Isabel McLain and I am speaking on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia. We support HB 804 because it will make the tenant application process more efficient and cost-effective for all involved parties. HB 804 would remove a significant financial barrier for renters and reduce waste of time and resources for landlords. In addition, this bill would bring transparency and improved accuracy to the screening process, which we believe is critical to ensuring fair access to housing across the state. On a personal note, I recently moved to Virginia and the application process was expensive and difficult. I spent $450 on background check fees for the 5 apartments to which I applied, when I could have just paid once for a background check and saved a lot of money. Passing HB 804 would simplify the search for a rental home in this great Commonwealth.

Last Name: Wright-Zink Organization: Virginia Organizing Locality: Middlebrook

Good afternoon. My name is Connie Wright-Zink and I live in Augusta County. As a member of Virginia Organizing, I have been working with residents of the Waynesboro area on the issue of affordable, quality housing. The passage of these bills is critical in order to protect our most vulnerable citizens from being preyed upon by unethical and callous landlords. Virginia Organizing has spent the last year knocking on doors and speaking with tenants in low rent and subsidized housing in Waynesboro. We are gathering testimony from many of the residents in these housing units in order to provide evidence of the many ways in which they have been taken advantage of by their landlords. Personally, I have been shocked to see some of the physical conditions they live in as well as their stories of the many ways landlords have abused their positions of power to intimidate their renters. Our communities desperately need the protections these bills would provide. I hope we can count on you to vote yes on all of them.

Last Name: Hardney Scott Organization: Virginia State Conference NAACP Locality: Hopewell

The VSC NAACP respectfully asks for a vote of yes for HB804. The average application fee for a renter is $40.00 per person 18 and older. A household of two will spend $80.00 in an attempt to secure a home only to be told after paying this nonrefundable payment they don't qualify in according to the landlord's tenant selection policy Landlords literally rack up thousands of dollars on nonrefundable fees the passing of this bill would ease the burden for many that literally go broke just applying for a home.

Last Name: Pauley Organization: Virginia Organizing Locality: Richmond

Please Vote Yes to HB803 7 804 By preventing evictions, HB803 will save landlords work and money. Landlords will receive the full amount of rent they are owed instead of spending additional money on court fees to get a judgment they may not be able to collect. Landlords will not lose additional rent money while the unit sits empty after eviction. HB804 requires landlords to disclose their tenant screening policies upfront. Rather than wasting money on rental applications, not knowing whether the landlord will ultimately deny them, tenants will be able to review the landlord’s tenant screening policies and decide whether to apply to that landlord.

HB836 - Virginia Small Estate Act; funeral expenses of decedent.
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HB882 - Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's assertion, condemnation of dwelling unit.
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Last Name: Hardney Scott Organization: VSC NAACP Locality: hopewell

The VSC NAACP Housing Committee Supports HB 882 Thank you

HB890 - Va. Freedom of Information Act; release of certain law-enforcement criminal incident information.
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Last Name: Segal Organization: Hanover County Sheriff's Office Locality: Hanover County

Sensitive information regarding cold cases being released can be detrimental to future investigations, ie.: giving information can create false admissions/confessions to the crime; it can be released to the suspect whereby he knows what the investigators have, and or the nature and possible identities of witnesses - solely redacting names of witnesses does not exclude the suspect deducing who that person is.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307, HB890, HB970, HB1287, HB1303. Please gently PBI HB891.

HB891 - Noncitizens of the United States; removes certain terminology in the Code of Va.
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Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307 and 1303 and gently PBI 891.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307, HB890, HB970, HB1287, HB1303. Please gently PBI HB891.

HB893 - Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement.
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Last Name: Hardney Scott Organization: VSC NAACP Locality: Hopewell

The VSC NAACP stands in support of HB893 thank you

HB970 - Public agencies; exclusion from mandatory disclosure, privacy of personal information, penalty.
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Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307, HB890, HB970, HB1287, HB1303. Please gently PBI HB891.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

I hope you will support 150, 216, 307, 444, 599,631, 970 being moved to report as being in the best interests of openness for the people. I am against 331 for that same issue. Thank you.

HB1021 - Alcoholic beverage control; definitions of designer and vintage spirit bottles.
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HB1063 - Public accommodations, employment, and housing; prohibited discrimination on the basis of religion.
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Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report. Thank you.

Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1091 - Virginia Public Procurement Act; project labor agreements.
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Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1122 - Manufactured homes, certain; release of manufactured home records.
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Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1253 - Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; licensure by apprenticeship.
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Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1269 - Preneed funeral contracts; removes requirement relating to life insurance or annuity contract.
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Last Name: Foster Organization: American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) Locality: Washington, DC

Comments Document

On behalf of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) , we would like to express our strong support for HB 1269 that would remove the requirement that if a life insurance or annuity contract is used to fund a preneed funeral contract, the life insurance or annuity contract must provide either that the face value thereof shall be adjusted annually by a factor equal to the annualized Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or a benefit payable at death under such contract that will equal or exceed the sum of all premiums paid for such contract plus interest or dividends, which for the first 15 years shall be compounded annually at a rate of at least five percent. The 242 ACLI member companies licensed in Virginia write more than 93% of life insurance in the state.

Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1286 - Housing Authorities Law; notice of intent to dispose of housing projects.
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Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1287 - Procured plastic materials; DGS to direct state agencies to identify recycled content amounts.
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Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307, HB890, HB970, HB1287, HB1303. Please gently PBI HB891.

Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1298 - High school student-athletes; compensation for name, image, or likeness.
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Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1303 - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes.
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Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307 and 1303 and gently PBI 891.

Last Name: Nicholls Locality: Chesapeake

Please move to report HB307, HB890, HB970, HB1287, HB1303. Please gently PBI HB891.

Last Name: Willis Locality: Richmond, VA 23234

The city has chosen ONE as a gaming host. This bill is identical to Morrissey's SB203 which puts limits on a casino referendum in Richmond for five years. We in the city of Richmond feels as Mr. Morrissey have committed MUTINY on us. We see this bill (HB-1134) only as a designed to remove Richmond city from becoming a host city, which in the end becomes Richmond being remove indefinite. PLEASE VOTE NO to HB-1134.

HB1310 - Virginia Public Procurement Act; revision of procurement procedures.
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HB1336 - Winery, farm winery, and limited brewery licensees; distribution of wine and beer.
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HB1354 - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; release of probation and parole records.
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HB1364 - Real estate settlement agents; choice of settlement agent.
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