Virginia House Joint Resolution 5001 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); executive power; state of emergency; special session. Limits the authority of the Governor to issue an executive order declaring a state of emergency that restricts, limits, or prohibits otherwise lawful action by a private business, nonprofit entity, or individual for a period more than 45 days in duration without approval by the General Assembly. The Governor is required to convene a special session for the purpose of the General Assembly approving the extension of such executive order beyond the forty-fifth day after its original issuance and if the General Assembly does not approve such extension, the Governor is prohibited from issuing a subsequent executive order in the same form for the same declared emergency. The General Assembly is permitted to extend the executive order to a date requested by the Governor or to a date of the General Assembly's choosing, but it shall not approve the extension to a date beyond the first full week of the next regular session of the General Assembly, unless such date is requested by the Governor.

Constitutional amendment; executive power, state of emergency, special session (first reference).

Del. Tony Wilt [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Amanda Batten [R]
Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Todd Gilbert [R]
Del. Keith Hodges [R]	Del. Barry Knight [R]	Del. Charles Poindexter [R]	Del. Margaret Ransone [R]
Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Lee Ware [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]
Del. Thomas Wright [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2020-07-29	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-07-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200248D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HJ5001
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HJ5001+hil