Virginia House Bill 601 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Administrative Process Act; review of occupational regulations. Creates a procedure by which a person may petition an agency to review whether an existing occupational regulation is necessary for the protection or preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the public and meets other statutorily enumerated criteria. The bill also creates a cause of action whereby any person who is adversely affected or aggrieved by an occupational regulation that such person believes is not necessary for the protection or preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the public or does not meet other statutorily enumerated criteria may seek judicial review of such regulation. The bill provides that the burden of proof shall be upon the party complaining of the occupational regulation to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the challenged occupational regulation on its face or in its effect burdens the entry into or participation in an occupation and, thereafter, the burden shall be upon the agency to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the challenged occupational regulation is necessary to protect or preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the public and complies with certain other statutorily enumerated requirements. The bill provides that if the court finds in favor of the party complaining of the agency action, the court shall declare the regulation null and void.

Administrative Process Act; review of occupational regulations.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

2020-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in General Laws
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N)
2020-01-24	House	Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100327D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4007.001	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4026.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4031	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB601
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB601+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1101V0050+HB0601