Virginia House Bill 5075 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on August 18 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Emergency Services and Disaster Law; Commissioner of Health; emergency orders and Emergency Services and Disaster Law; Commissioner of Health; emergency orders and regulations; limitations. Provides that neither the Board of Health nor the Commissioner of Health shall make any emergency order or regulation unless, based on the evidence available to the Board, (i) such order or regulation is necessary to suppress a nuisance dangerous to the public health or a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health; (ii) no alternatives to the proposed order or regulation that are reasonable in light of the impact on quality of life and economic well-being exist; and (iii) the provisions of such order or regulation are narrowly tailored to address the nuisance dangerous to the public health or a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health. The bill also provides that the Governor shall not issue any emergency rule, regulation, or order unless, based on the evidence available to the Governor, (a) such rule, regulation, or order is necessary to address a compelling circumstance; (b) no alternatives to the proposed rule, regulation, or order that are reasonable in light of the impact on quality of life and economic well-being exist; and (c) the provisions of such rule, regulation, or order are narrowly tailored to address the compelling

Emergency Services and Disaster Law; emergency orders and regulations, Commissioner of Health, etc.

Del. Dave LaRock [R]

Del. Mark Cole [R]

Del. Wendell Walker [R]

Del. Thomas Wright [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-08-18	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-08-18	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200771D

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	42	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5075
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5075+hil