Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 61 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 19 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-19 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ61ER)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Study; strategies for preventing and mitigating potential damages caused by geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) to study the nature and magnitude of potential threats caused by geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses, examine the Commonwealth's vulnerabilities to such threats, and recommend strategies to protect the Commonwealth's infrastructure from geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses. The resolution requests that JCOTS report its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2015 Regular Session.

Geomagnetic disturbances & electromagnetic pulses; joint commission to study preventing damages.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2014-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Science and Technology (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-19	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ61ER)
2014-02-19	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
2014-02-19	House	Agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2014-02-19	House	Taken up
2014-02-17	House	Reported from Science and Technology (22-Y 0-N)
2014-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
2014-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-11	Senate	Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
2014-02-11	Senate	Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-11	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2014-02-10	Senate	Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-07	Senate	Reported from Rules by voice vote
2014-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2014-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100988D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SJ61
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SJ61+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SJ61ER+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0361SJ0061+SJ0061
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0393SJ0061+SJ0061
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H21V0010+SJ0061
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0791+SJ0061