Virginia House Bill 754 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
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 60 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 60 days during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor 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 adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly. The bill contains technical amendments.

Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders.

Del. Les Adams [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Rules
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101518D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB754
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB754+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB754F122+PDF