SB 153 — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Secretary of; created.

The heads of state agencies shall establish and maintain a comprehensive diversity, equity, and of 9 inclusion strategic plan in coordination with the Governor's Director Secretary of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

I The plan shall integrate the diversity, equity, and inclusion goals into the agency's missioN,mission, of 10 the agency and to foster an increasingly diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace environment.erved by The plan shall include best practices that (i) proactively address potential barriers to equal employment opportunities pursuant to federal and state equal employment opportunity laws;

(ii) Rosterfoster pay equity pursuant to federal and state equal pay laws;

and (iv) promote employeeempEach engagementagency shall establish an infrastructure to effectively support ongoing progress and inclusivityaccountability in achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion goals in coordination with the workplace.Governor's Director Secretary of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

D Each agency shall establish an infrastructure to effectively support ongoing progress and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion., and inclusion goals in coordination with the GovUrnor's Each agency shall submit an annual report to the Governor assessing the impact of the strategic plan on the populations served by the agency and on the agency's workforce and budget.

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terms;

compensation and expenses.

health, mental health, housing and workforce servicesS fordevelopment immigrants;organizations;

organizations serving youth and the elderly;

organizations providing legal services for immigrants;

In addition, the Director Secretary of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Commonwealth and the Chairmen of the Virginia-Asian Advisory Board, the Latino Advisory Board, the Virginia African American AdvisoryAdvisorNthe Board, and the Council on Women, or their designees, shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges.

SA Ex officio members shall serve terms consistent with their terms of office.

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After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed 3orTor a term member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms;

Meetings of the Board shall be limited to four perSer year andandD. shall be held upon the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.

D.Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.

MembersB of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.cessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in § 2.2-2499.5.

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The Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board (the Board) is established as a policy board in the executiveeconomic branchdisinvestment, violence, and historical overuse of statecriminal government.justice responses to community and individual needs by providing resources to support local design and control of community-based I responses to such impacts.

TheT purposeB. of the Board is to directly address the impact of economic disinvestment, violence, and historical overuse of criminal justice responses to community and individual needs by providing resources to support local design and control of community-based responses to such impacts.

The Board shall have a total membership of 20 members that shall consist of 13 nonlegislative citizen members and seven ex officio members.

Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed aseas follows:has been previously incarcerated or convicted of a marijuana-related crime, one of whom shall be an expert in the field of public health with experience in trauma-informed care, if possible, and Ene of whom shall be an expert in education with a focus on access to opportunities for youth in underserved communities;

three to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one of whom shall be a person who has been previously incarcerated or convicted of a marijuana-related crime, one of whom shall be an expert in the field of public health with experience in trauma-informed care, if possible, and one of whom shall be an expert in education with a focus on access to opportunities for youth in underserved communities;

and five to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, one of whom shall be a representative from the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission and four of whom shall be community-based providers or community S development organization representatives who provide services to address the social determinantsdeterminant1 of health and promote community investment in communities adversely and disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibitions, including services such as workforce development, youth mentoring andandte3 membersby shalleducational beservices, citizensjob oftraining the Commonwealth and reflectplacement theservices, racial, ethnic, gender, and geographiczenreentry SB153services. 4 of 9 diversity of the Commonwealth.

TheNonlegislative1citizen Secretariesmembers ofshall Diversity,be Equity,citizens andof Inclusion,the Education,Commonwealth Health and Humanreflect Resources,the andracial, Publicethnic, Safetygender, and Homelandgeographic Security,diversity the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the ChiefCommonwealth. Workforce Development Advisor, and the Attorney General or their designees shall serve ex officio with voting privileges.

The Secretaries of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Education, Health and Human Resources, and Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Chief SB153S1 4 of 10 Workforce Development Advisor, and the Attorney General or their designees shall serve ex officio with voting privileges.

§ 2.2-2499.8.

Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Fund.

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Fund, referred to in this section as "the Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller.

All funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund.

Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it.

Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund.

Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of:

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Supporting persons, families, and communities historically and disproportionately targeted and affected by drug enforcement;

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Providing scholarship opportunities and educational and vocational resources for historically marginalized persons, including persons in foster care, who have been adversely impacted by substance use individually, in their families, or in their communities;

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Awarding grants to support workforce development, mentoring programs, job training and placement services, apprenticeships, and reentry services that serve persons and communities historically and disproportionately targeted by drug enforcement.

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Contributing to the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission established pursuant to § 19.2-163.01;

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Contributing to the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Fund established pursuant to § 4.1- 1501.

Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director Secretary of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Promulgate regulations in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) and of 10 § 4.1-606;42.

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Maintain actions to enjoin common nuisances as defined in § 4.1-1113;

8.Equity and Diversity Support Team and liaise with the Director Secretary of Diversity, Equity, andss Inclusion on matters related to diversity, equity, and inclusion standards in the marijuana industry;

Establish a position for a Cannabis Social Equity Liaison who shall lead the Cannabis Business Equity and Diversity Support Team and liaise with the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on matters related to diversity, equity, and inclusion standards in the marijuana industry;

Establish a Cannabis Business Equity and Diversity Support Team, which shall (i) develop S requirements for the creation and submission of diversity, equity, and inclusion plans by persons who wish to possess a license in more than one license category pursuant to subsection C of § 4.1-805, which may include a requirement that the licensee participate in social equity apprenticeship plan, and an approval process and requirements for implementation of such plans;

(ii) be responsible forforpNan, and conducting an analysis of potential barriers to entry for small, women-owned, and minority-owned of 9 businesses and veteran-owned businesses interested in participating in the marijuana industry andaAd recommending strategies to effectively mitigate such potential barriers;

(iii) provide assistanIeassistance with business planning for potential marijuana establishment licensees;

(iv) spread awareness of busNnessbusTness prohibition and enforcement;

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Establish a position for an individual with professional experience in a health related field who shall staff the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, established pursuant to § 4.1-603, liaiseliaSse with the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and relevant health and human serviceD agencies and organizations, and perform other duties as needed.needed.elevant health and human services 11.

Establish and implement a plan, in coordination with the Cannabis Social Equity Liaison and the Director Secretary of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to promote and encourage participation in thehethe marijuana industry by people from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by marijuanamarSjuana prohibition and enforcement and to positively impact those communities;

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Sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts;

Adopt, use, and alter at will a common seal;seal;nd complain and defend in all courts;

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Fix, alter, charge, and collect rates, rentals, fees, and other charges for the use of property of, the sale of products of, or services rendered by the Authority at rates to be determined by the AuthorityAutTority for the15.the purpose of providing for the payment of the expenses of the Authority;

Make15. and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties, the furtherance of its purposes, and the execution of its powers under this subtitle, including agreements with any person or federal agency;

Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of agreements with any person or federal agency;and the execution of its powers under this subtitlT, including 16.

Employ, at its discretion, consultants, researchers, architects, engineers, accountants,accountants,Efinancial financial experts, investment bankers, superintendents, managers, and such other employees and special agSntsagents as may be necessary and fix their compensation to be payable from funds made available to the Auth1rity.Authority.

Legal services for the Authority shall be provided by the Attorney General in accordance with C3apterChapter 5 (§ 17.

Receive and accept from any federal or private agency, foundation, corporation, association, or person grants or other aid to be expended in accomplishing the objectives of the Authority, and receive and accept from the Commonwealth or any state and any municipality, county, or other political subdivision thereof or from any other source aid or contributions of either money, property, ororSother other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions1 mayexpended by the Authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are consistent with state law, and all state moneys accepted under this section shall be made.expend1d by the Authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the Commonwealth;

All18. federal moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the Authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as Authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the Commonwealth;

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The Board may delegate or assign any duty or task to be performed by the SB153S1 6 of 10 Authority to any officer or employee of the Authority.

delegationWhere orappropriate, assignmentthe guidelines shall notrequire relievethat the Board ofreceive thesummaries responsibility to ensure faithful performance of theactions dutiestaken. and tasks;

Such delegation or assignment shall not relieve the Board of the responsibility to ensure faithful performance of the duties and tasks;

Develop policies and procedures consistent with Article 4 (§ 2.2-4347 et seq.) of Chapter 43 of Tit22.Title 2.2;

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sell, transfer, or convey any property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, at any time acquired or held by the Authority on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board;

and occupy acquired SB153 6 of 9 and improve any land or building required for the purposes of this subtitle;

The Board shall require that the web address for such resource be included on the label of all10 retailon marijuana33. and retail marijuana product as provided in § 4.1-1402;

andDo 33.all acts necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.1-1402;

Doand all§ acts22.1-208.02. necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.

§ 22.1-208.02.

The Department of Education, in consultation with the Commonwealth's Director Secretary of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, shall establish and appoint such members as deemed appropriate to the Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee) for the purpose of strengthening culturally relevant education practices and supporting anti-bias education and response in the Commonwealth.

The Advisory Committee shall report its recommendations to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committeereports onas Educationit anddeems Healthnecessary.lth no later than July 1, 2021.

The Committee shall issue interim reportsB. as it deems necessary.

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The historical underpinnings of the Holocaust and other historical genocides in the context of how increasedstate-sponsored lowerdiscrimination levels of hate, ridicule, and violence;d dehumanization led to larger acts of violence andandN state-sponsored2. discrimination and violence;

2.Slavery, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of historical dehumanizing injustice and discrimination;

Slavery,A anti-Semitism,3. Islamophobia, and other forms of historical dehumanizing injustice and of 9 discrimination;

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The untold histories of other groups historically underrepresented in American and world Nistory.Tistory.

Recognition that anti-bias and anti-discrimination education is the work and responsibiliRyresponsibility of all staff within the local school division;

An emphasis on diversity and building a community of empathy, respect, understanding, andOandS connection;con3.

DExamination 3.of how lower levels of hate, ridicule, and dehumanization lead to larger acts of violence, discrimination and violence;

ExaminationU of4. how lower levels of hate, ridicule, and dehumanization lead to larger acts of vio4.

Acknowledgment of inequity on the individual level, such as biased speech and harassment, and injustice at the institutional or systemic level, such as discrimination, and the harmful impactimpacS of inequity and injustice on the community, historically and today;

Evarious 5.forms of racism, bigotry, and discrimination through empathy, respect, understanding, and, to connection;

School-based and classroom-basedI responses,6. which are student centered and proven effective, to various forms of racism, bigotry, and discrimination through empathy, respect, understanding, and connection;

Updates to the Department of Education's teacher's manual, as required by action taken byTthe 2009 Session of the General Assembly, that emphasizes the causes and 6.ramifications of the Holocaust and genocide.

UpdatesU towith theschool Departmentpersonnel ofrelated Education'sto teacher'sculturally manual,relevant as required by action taken by the and genocide.ofinclusive theeducation Generalpractices. Assembly, that emphasizes the causes and ramifications of the Holocaust D.

TheIn Advisoryaddition to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee shallon provideEducation recommendationsand Ehe Senate Committee on meaningfulEducation professionaland developmentHealth, withthese schoolrecommendations personnelshall relatedalso be provided to culturallythe relevantAdvisory Board on Teacher Education and inclusiveLicensure educationand practices.the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia.

In addition to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health, these recommendations shall also be provided to the S Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure and the State Council for Higher Education in1 Virginia.

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The Board shall have a total membership of 16 members that shall consist of 10 nonlegislativenonlegislaSive citizen members and six ex officio members.

Nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by thet1e Governor shall represent or have STEM experience with the public and private sector, industry partners, environmental organizations, and both formal and informal STEM educational organizations.

The p3rtners, Director of the Science Museum of Virginia, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the D1rector of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, or their designees, shall serve ex officio with full voting privileges.

Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board SB153S1 8 of 10 shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.

reappointed.Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.

All members may be reappointed.

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Department of Emergency Management;

administration and operational control;

administration and operational control;

The Department performanceshall ofemploy itsthe functions.,professional, technical, secretarial, and clerical employees necessary for the SB153performance 8 of 9its B.functions.

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13.of 10 with federal, state, and local government agencies and related groups, and make such surveys oframs industries, resources, and facilities within the Commonwealth, both public and private, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

Prepare, maintain, coordinate, or implement emergency resource management plans and programs with federal, state, and local government agencies and related groups, and make such surveys of industries, resources, and facilities within the Commonwealth, both public and private, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

Coordinate with the federal government and any public or private agency or entity in achieving any purpose of this chapter and in implementing programs for disaster prevention, mitigation, preparation,pre15. response, and recovery;

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18.service animals in the event of a disaster and assist and coordinate with local agencies in developing an emergency response plan for household pets and service animals;

Develop an emergency response plan to address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals in the event of a disaster and assist and coordinate with local agencies in developing an emergency response plan for household pets and service animals;

Establish and maintain an Emergency Management Equity Working Group (the Working Group) S to ensure that emergency management programs and plans provide support to at-risk individuals and populations disproportionately impacted by disasters.

The Working Group shall include experts from (i) thepublic Governor'sat Officelarge; of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Secretary of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and other state agencies;

(ii)and (iii) the publicprivate atsector large;who have expertise related to at-risk and vulneraNle the populations and the threats faced by such populations during a disaster.

andThe (iii)Department theof privateEmergency sectorManagement whoshall haveensure expertisethat relatedall tosuch at-riskplans, assessments, and vulnerableA populationsprograms required by this subsection include specific preparedness for, and theresponse threatsto, faceddisasters byresulting suchfrom populationselectromagnetic duringpulses aand disaster.geomagnetic disturbances.

ofT 9declared Theemergency Departmentbe ofresponsible Emergencyfor:gement Management shall ensureduring thata allperiod suchof plans,impending assessments,emergency andor programs1. required by this subsection include specific preparedness for, and response to, disastIrs resC.

The Department of Emergency Management shall during a period of impending emergency or N declared emergency be responsible for:

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Providing facilities from which state agencies and supporting organizations may conduct O emergency operations;

S subdivisions in the Commonwealth of an impending disaster within a reasonable time;all politicaDpolitical 4.

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Coordinating and providing guidance and assistance to affected political subdivisions to Ensureensure orderlyordD. and timely response to and recovery from disaster effects.

The Department of Emergency Management shall be provided the necessary facilities and T equipment needed to perform its normal day-to-day activities and coordinate disaster-related activities of the various federal, state, and other agencies during a state of emergency declaration by the GovernorGTvernor or following a major disaster declaration by the President.

The Department of Emergency Management is authorized to enter into all contracts and agreementsU necessary or incidental to performance of any of its duties stated in this section or otherwise assigned to it by law, including contracts with the United States, other states, agencies and governmentgovernmentse subF.subdivisions of the Commonwealth, and other appropriate public and private entities.

TheE DepartmentF. of Emergency Management shall encourage private industries whose goods and services are deemed vital to the public good to provide annually updated preparedness assessments to the local coordinator of emergency management on or before April 1 of each year, to facilitate 5verall Commonwealth preparedness.

ForThe Department of Emergency Management shall encourage private industries whose goods and services are deemed vital to the purposespublic good to provide annually updated preparedness assessments to the local coordinator of thisemergency section,management "privateon industry"or meansbefore companies,April 1 of each year, to facilitate overall private hospitals, and other businesses or organizations deemed by the State Coordinator of Emergency Management to be essential to the public safety and well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth.

Pow1.Powers and duties of the Coordinator shall include:

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Coordinating with local, state, and federal agencies involved in search and rescue;

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Providing on-scene search and rescue coordination when requested by an authorized person;

Providing specialized search and rescue training to police, fire-rescue, EMS, emergency managers, SB153S1 10 of 10 volunteer search and rescue responders, and others who might have a duty to respond to a search and rescue emergency;

and Nothing10. in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to take direct operational responsibilities from local, state, or federal law enforcement in the course of search and rescue or missing person cases.

Periodically reviewing search and rescue cases and developing best professional practices.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to take direct operational responsibilities from local, state, or federal law enforcement in the course of search and rescue or missing person cases.