VA HB5007 | 2020 | 1st Special Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)
Status: Introduced on August 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-25 - Tabled in Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on August 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-25 - Tabled in Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; executive orders; limitation on duration of executive orders declaring a state of emergency; civil penalty. Provides that executive orders declaring a state of emergency, and any other executive orders pertaining to such emergency, shall not have any effect beyond 30 days after the date of issuance, unless the General Assembly takes action to grant the Governor additional authority to extend such an order. Under current law, once issued, executive orders are effective until June 30 following the next regular session of the General Assembly. The bill also changes the penalty for a violation of certain executive orders from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a civil penalty of no more than $100 per violation. The bill provides that in no case shall any person be assessed a total of more than $1,000 in penalties for violations of the same executive order.
Title
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders, civil penalty.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2020-08-25 - House - House: Tabled in Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-25 | House | Tabled in Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) |
| 2020-08-10 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2020-08-10 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200356D |
