Virginia House Bill 2087 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety 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 45 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 45 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 regular session of the General Assembly.

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

Del. Kirkland Cox [R]

2021-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Public Safety
2021-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2021-01-20	House	Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102688D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2087
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2087+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2087F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H1502V0006+HB2087