Virginia Senate Bill 5077 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on August 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-27 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Emergency laws; powers and duties of Governor. Limits the Governor's powers as the Director of Emergency Management by requiring that emergency rules, regulations, and executive orders be objectively necessary and required to control, restrict, allocate, or regulate the use, sale, production, and distribution of food, fuel, clothing and other commodities, materials, goods, services, and resources under any state or federal emergency services programs, rather than necessary in the Governor's judgment. The bill also prohibits an emergency executive order from closing any business, or any category of business or industry, either temporarily or permanently, unless pursuant to a confirmed order of quarantine or isolation. Emergency rules, regulations, and orders are set to automatically expire with the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly, as opposed to on June 30 following such regular session.

Emergency laws; limits powers and duties of Governor.

Sen. William Stanley [R]

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2020-08-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-27	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N)
2020-08-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-08-17	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200297D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5077
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5077+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S12V0007+SB5077