Virginia House Bill 2118 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Forensic Science; accrediting bodies. Removes a forensic lab accrediting body no longer in existence and provides that laboratories that are accredited or certified by an accrediting body that requires conformance to forensic-specific requirements and that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement with a scope of accreditation that covers the testing being performed may conduct independent blood alcohol or drug testing.

Forensic Science, Department of; accrediting bodies.

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

2019-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)
2019-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-28		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-28	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
2019-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2118ER)
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled
2019-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Read second time and engrossed
2019-02-03	House	Read first time
2019-02-01	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2019-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-29	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102174D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	268.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.26:7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	501	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2118
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2118+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2118ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0474+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0801V0126+HB2118
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H08V0102+HB2118
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2371+HB2118
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03V0290+HB2118
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0724HB2118+HB2118
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0743HB2118+HB2118