Virginia Senate Bill 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Passed on May 27 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-05-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders. Limits the duration of any executive order issued by the Governor pursuant to his powers under the Emergency Services and Disaster Law to no more than 45 days from the date of issuance. The bill provides that if the General Assembly does not take any action on the rule, regulation, or order within the 45 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor shall thereafter be prohibited from issuing the same or a similar rule, regulation, or order relating to the same emergency. Under current law, once issued, such executive orders are effective until June 30 following the next regular session of the General Assembly.

Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders.

Sen. David Suetterlein [R]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Mark Peake [R]	Sen. Amanda Chase [R]
Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]	Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]	Sen. John Petersen [D]
Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]	Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2022-03-09 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) (Y: 91 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-03 - House - House: Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) (Y: 29 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-05-27		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)
2022-05-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 803 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-04-27		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
2022-04-27	Senate	Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
2022-04-27	Senate	Passed by for the day
2022-04-11	Senate	Governor's substitute printed 22108055D-S2
2022-04-11	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-11	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-11	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-11	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB4ER)
2022-03-11	Senate	Enrolled
2022-03-09	House	VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N)
2022-03-09	House	Passed House (91-Y 8-N)
2022-03-09	House	Committee on Rules substitute rejected 22107417D-H1
2022-03-09	House	Read third time
2022-03-08	House	Passed by for the day
2022-03-07	House	Read second time
2022-03-03	House	Committee substitute printed 22107417D-H1
2022-03-03	House	Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
2022-02-21	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2022-02-21	House	Read first time
2022-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-15	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
2022-02-14	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB4S1
2022-02-14	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 22106465D-S1
2022-02-14	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2022-02-14	Senate	Read second time
2022-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-10	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
2022-02-09	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2022-02-09	Senate	Incorporates SB731 (Lewis)
2022-02-09	Senate	Incorporates SB166 (Peake)
2022-02-09	Senate	Committee substitute printed 22106465D-S1
2022-02-09	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
2021-11-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2021-11-22	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100576D

SB166 (Similar To) 2022-02-09 - Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
SB731 (Similar To) 2022-02-09 - Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
SB166 (Similar To) 2022-02-09 - Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
SB731 (Similar To) 2022-02-09 - Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
HB158 (Same As) 2022-05-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0805)
HB158 (Same As) 2022-05-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0805)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB4
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0803+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+SB4AG
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB4F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB4FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB4FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB4FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S12V0090+SB0004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S05V0266+SB0004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0359SB0004+SB0004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0417SB0004+SB0004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H20V0119+SB0004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1666+SB0004