Virginia House Bill 157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public health emergency; emergency orders and regulations; limitations. Provides that any emergency order or regulation adopted by the Board of Health shall be valid for no more than 45 days and that such order may be extended by the Board for a subsequent period of 45 days, provided that the Board provides notice and receives public comment on the order or regulation proposed to be extended, but that in no case shall such emergency order or regulation be valid for more than 18 months from the effective date of the initial order or regulation. The bill also provides that in any case in which the Commissioner of Health exercises the authority of the Board to enact an emergency order or regulation, such order or regulation shall be valid for no more than 45 days from the effective date of the order or regulation unless the Board adopts an order or regulation to such effect. The bill also limits the duration of an emergency temporary standard adopted by the Safety and Health Codes Board to 45 days and provides for an extension of such emergency temporary standard for a subsequent period of 45 days, provided that the Board provides notice and receives public comment on the emergency temporary standard proposed to be extended. However, no emergency temporary order shall be valid for a period of more than six months.

Public health emergency; emergency orders and regulations, limitations.

Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Amanda Batten [R]	Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]
Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]	Sen. Tara Durant [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]
Del. Margaret Ransone [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Tony Wilt [R]
Del. Thomas Wright [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Rules
2022-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2022-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102279D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	38.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
35	1	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	22	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB157
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB157+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB157F122+PDF