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VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015 SESSION HIGHLIGHTS Delegate Ron Villanueva, 21 st House District Delegate Glenn Davis, 84 th House District.

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1 VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015 SESSION HIGHLIGHTS Delegate Ron Villanueva, 21 st House District Delegate Glenn Davis, 84 th House District

2 DELEGATE RON VILLANUEVA R- 21 ST HOUSE DISTRICT (PARTS OF VIRGINIA BEACH/CHESAPEAKE)  Elected to Virginia General Assembly in 2010 to present, Served on Virginia Beach City Council from 2002-2009  Veteran, Small Business Owner, Entrepreneur, and Community Leader  Graduate of Green Run High School ’88 and Old Dominion University ‘92  Married with Children  Current Assignments and Committees:  Transportation (Chairman/incoming)  Commerce and Labor  Courts of Justice  Other:  Deputy Majority Whip  Tourism Caucus, Chairman  Bioscience and Technology, Chairman  High Speed Rail Compact, Member  Disability Commission, Member  Veterans Caucus, Member

3 DELEGATE GLENN DAVIS R- 84 TH HOUSE DISTRICT (PARTS OF VIRGINIA BEACH)  Elected to Virginia General Assembly in 2014 to present, Served on Virginia Beach City Council from 2009-2013  Small Business Owner, Entrepreneur, Community Leader  Graduate of Green Run High School ’93 and various education programs  Married  Current Assignment and Committees:  Education  Transportation  Other  Business Development Caucus, Member  Joint Commission on Technology, Member  House Bipartisan Efforts Coalition, Chair

4 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS  Spends ~$1 billion less in general funds than originally adopted two-year budget  Does not raise taxes  Pre-pays $129.5 million for 2017 rainy-day fund deposit, restoring balance to ~$429 million  Eliminates $11.7 million in fees proposed by Governor McAuliffe  Restaurant Inspection Fee  VDACS Inspection Fee  Weights & Measures Fee  Underground storage cleanup deductible  Saltwater License Fee  Eliminates $33 million in debt proposed by Governor McAuliffe  Provides $43 million in funding in order to accelerate funding at 90% of VRS certified rates for the state employee retirement plans.  Pays cash for all college capital projects

5 K-12 EDUCATION  State funding for 1.5% teacher pay raise, including support staff  Overall increase of $60 million for K-12 education compared to Governor McAuliffe’s budget proposal  Deposits an additional $43 million into teacher retirement fund compared to Governor McAuliffe’s budget proposal, bringing the total deposit to $193 million

6 HIGHER EDUCATION  Includes an additional $42 million for higher education, restoring 94% of cuts adopted by the supplemental budget to address shortfall  $19.8 million to incentivize enrollment  $10.1 million for financial aid  $5 million for research  2% faculty pay raise  $1,000 per student incentive to encourage colleges and universities with low graduation rates to accept transfer students  $132 million for capital construction projects at James Madison, Virginia Tech, Longwood, Radford, Virginia Commonwealth University and Danville Community College.

7 LOCAL GOVERNMENT  Restores $30 million in funding cuts adopted by the supplemental budget to address shortfall  2% pay raise for state-supported local employees  Deposits $193 million into teacher retirement fund, saving localities over $30 million in required teacher retirement costs

8 HEALTHCARE SAFETY NET  ­­­­$132.9 million for healthcare safety net  Funding to provide targeted services to ~22,000 seriously mentally-ill patients, including a prescription drug benefit  Nearly doubles operational funding for free clinics – total of $6 million in funding  Funds behavioral health community services including three new PACT teams and six new drop-off centers  Increases funding for children’s psychiatry and crisis services

9 OTHER ITEMS  $27 million in funding for the Governor’s Opportunity Fund; earmarks $4 million for Jefferson Lab Ion Collider efforts  Authorizes bonds to construct two new Veterans Care Centers, one in Northern Virginia and one in Hampton Roads  $9 million for housing & homelessness  $8 million deposit into the Housing Trust Fund  $1 million for rapid rehousing efforts, including $500,000 specifically for veterans

10 DELEGATE VILLANUEVA HIGHLIGHTS  $1.0m additional funding for the Vocational Rehabilitation Program that helps individuals with disabilities get ready for, find, and keep jobs by providing training, placement, and job coaching services along with workplace accommodations.  $364,943.00 for long-term employment support services (LTESS) program for individuals for disabilities.  $1.0m in funding to support a new grant and program that provides incentives to small businesses that hire veterans who are transitioning out of the military. Virginia Values Veterans (V3 program)  Transportation Funding Formula Bills  Public Private Partnership Bills

11 DELEGATE GLENN DAVIS HIGHLIGHTS  HB1623(Davis)/HB1360(Taylor/Davis/Head) - Crowd Funding  Asked to carry HB1623 - came out of the work accomplished between the State Corporation Commission and other Stakeholders over the summer on this issue.  Helps entrepreneurs get the funding they need to grow  Bill would allow entrepreneurs the ability to raise investment funds from any individual, up to $10,000, without regards to that individual's net worth.  Gives entrepreneurs additional access to funds for their start-up businesses and helps Virginia to continue to be one of the best places in the country to start and grow a company.  HB 1562 (Rust/Davis)/SB 814(Watkins) - Digital ID Management  Allows a company whose purpose is to identify, working with the DMV, someone’s online identity as a credible alternative to the current practice of multiple user name/passwords.  trusted identity that could be used online  Legislation defines and bounds the duties owed by identity system participants and trust frameworks for known risks of harm resulting from reliance on identity credentials and trust marks issued in conformance with Commonwealth approved standards, and gives non-contracting participants a basis upon which to recover for economic losses.


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