Virginia Senate Bill 1625 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Statewide Fire Prevention Code; definition of permissible fireworks. Changes the definition of permissible fireworks for purposes of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code to mean any fountains that do not emit sparks or other burning effects to a distance greater than five meters (16.4 feet); wheels that do not emit a flame radius greater than one meter (39 inches); crackling devices and flashers or strobes that do not emit sparks or other burning effects to a distance greater than two meters (78.74 inches); and sparkling devices or other fireworks devices that (i) do not explode or produce a report, (ii) do not travel horizontally or vertically under their own power, (iii) do not emit or function as a projectile, (iv) do not produce a continuous flame longer than 20 inches, (v) are not capable of being reloaded, and (vi) if designed to be ignited by a fuse, have a fuse that is protected to resist side ignition and a burning time of not less than four seconds and not more than eight seconds. Current law defines this category of fireworks in more general terms.

Statewide Fire Prevention Code; changes definition of permissible fireworks.

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

2019-02-21 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N) (Y: 29 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (60-Y 40-N) (Y: 60 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: DEFEATED (27-Y 71-N) (Y: 27 N: 71 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-02-14 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) (Y: 29 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)
2019-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 720 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
2019-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-23	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1625ER)
2019-02-23	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-21	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N)
2019-02-21	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (60-Y 40-N)
2019-02-21	House	Passed House with amendment (60-Y 40-N)
2019-02-21	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2019-02-21	House	Read third time
2019-02-20	House	Passed by for the day
2019-02-19	House	Passed by for the day
2019-02-19	House	Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
2019-02-19	House	VOTE: DEFEATED (27-Y 71-N)
2019-02-19	House	Defeated by House (27-Y 71-N)
2019-02-19	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-02-19	House	Read third time
2019-02-18	House	Read second time
2019-02-14	House	Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
2019-02-07	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2019-02-06	House	Read first time
2019-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1625S1
2019-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19105812D-S1
2019-01-31	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-01-31	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19105812D-S1
2019-01-28	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
2019-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2019-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103750D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1625
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1625+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1625S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1625ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0720+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S12V0081+SB1625
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0248SB1625+SB1625
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0302SB1625+SB1625
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1102V0023+SB1625
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H11V0261+SB1625
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3033+SB1625
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3196+SB1625
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0983SB1625+SB1625