Virginia House Bill 1573 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 9 2015 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-23 - Chair votes No
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Duty of the Attorney General to represent the Commonwealth. Provides that the Attorney General or his designee has the duty to represent the interests of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof in any proceeding in federal court or a Virginia appellate court in which the constitutionality or validity of a provision of the Constitution of Virginia or of any law or regulation of the Commonwealth is contested or at issue, except in cases where it would be improper due to a conflict of interests.

Attorney General or his designee; duty to represent the interests of the Commonwealth.

Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Steven Landes [R]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]	Del. Brenda Pogge [R]
Del. Margaret Ransone [R]	Del. Les Adams [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]

2015-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) (Y: 20 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2015-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 4-N) (Y: 9 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 32-N) (Y: 70 N: 32 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 5-N) (Y: 14 N: 5 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-23	Senate	Chair votes No
2015-02-23	Senate	Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
2015-02-23	Senate	Read third time
2015-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-18	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 4-N)
2015-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2015-02-10	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 32-N)
2015-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House (68-Y 32-N)
2015-02-09	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1573H1
2015-02-09	House	Committee substitute agreed to 15104236D-H1
2015-02-09	House	Read second time
2015-02-06	House	Read first time
2015-02-04	House	Committee substitute printed 15104236D-H1
2015-02-04	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 5-N)
2015-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)
2015-01-13	House	Assigned Courts sub: Constitutional Law
2015-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101476D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	507.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1573
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1573+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1573H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H0807V0002+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H08V0099+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2113+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S03V0259+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0683HB1573+HB1573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0719HB1573+HB1573