Virginia Senate Bill 375 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 12 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-12 - Failed to pass in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Immunity of persons; statements regarding matters of public concern or made at a public hearing; special plea to dismiss; stay of discovery. Provides that a person claiming immunity from certain claims for making statements at a public hearing or regarding matters of public concern may file a special plea to dismiss the underlying claim. The bill further provides that, upon the filing of such a plea, discovery related to such underlying claim shall be stayed pending the entry of an order adjudicating the plea.

Immunity of persons; statements regarding matters of public concern or made at a public hearing.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 38-N 1-A) (Y: 58 N: 38 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 7-N) (Y: 14 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	Senate	Failed to pass in Senate
2020-03-12	Senate	No further action taken
2020-03-05	House	Delegates: Mullin, Scott, Kilgore
2020-03-05	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05	Senate	Senators: Edwards, Petersen, Chafin
2020-03-05	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05	House	House requested conference committee
2020-03-05	House	House insisted on substitute
2020-03-05	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate
2020-03-04	House	VOTE: Passage (58-Y 38-N 1-A)
2020-03-04	House	Passed House with substitute (58-Y 38-N 1-A)
2020-03-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB375H1
2020-03-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108556D-H1
2020-03-04	House	Read third time
2020-03-03	House	Read second time
2020-02-28	House	Committee substitute printed 20108556D-H1
2020-02-28	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB375S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20107641D-S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20107641D-S1
2020-01-24	Senate	Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102358D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	223.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB375
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB375+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB375S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB375H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0259+SB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0591SB0375+SB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0592SB0375+SB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0593SB0375+SB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0393+SB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1842+SB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1551SB0375+SB0375
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1645SB0375+SB0375