Virginia Senate Bill 5001 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on July 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-27 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [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 30 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 30 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor may once again issue the same rule, regulation, or order but 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. Stephen Newman [R]	Sen. Amanda Chase [R]	Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]	Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]
Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]	Sen. Thomas Norment [R]	Sen. Mark Peake [R]	Sen. Todd Pillion [R]
Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]	Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2020-08-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-27	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N)
2020-07-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-07-17	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200129D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5001
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5001+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S12V0010+SB5001