Virginia Senate Bill 5099 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on August 18 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-26 - Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Immunity from civil claims related to the transmission of or exposure to the COVID-19 virus and uses of personal protective equipment; emergency. Provides immunity to persons, as defined in the bill, from civil causes of action arising from any act or omission alleged to have resulted in the contraction of or exposure to the COVID-19 virus. The bill further provides immunity to persons who design, manufacture, label, or distribute any personal protective equipment in response to the COVID-19 virus from any civil cause of action arising out of the use of such equipment. The bill contains an emergency clause, and the immunities provided by the bill expire two years after the expiration or revocation of all states of emergency declared by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 virus; immunity from civil claims related to the transmission of or exposure to the virus.

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2020-08-26 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-26	Senate	Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
2020-08-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-08-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200688D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5099
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5099+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S03V0054+SB5099