Virginia Senate Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of formal hearings. Provides a procedure for a party to file a petition for reconsideration of an agency's decision from a formal hearing under the Administrative Process Act (APA). The bill requires the agency to render a written decision on a party's timely petition for reconsideration within 30 days; the agency may deny the petition, modify the decision, or vacate the decision and set a new hearing for further proceedings. The agency shall state the reasons for its action. The bill also provides for the reconsideration of other decisions of a policy-making board of a state agency. If reconsideration is sought for the decision of a board, the board may (i) consider the petition for reconsideration at its next regularly scheduled meeting, (ii) schedule a special meeting to consider and decide upon the petition within 30 days of receipt, or (iii) delegate authority to consider the petition to either the board chairman, a subcommittee of the board, or the director of the state agency that provides administrative support to the board. The bill provides that any agency that intends to promulgate regulations that specify the scope of evidence that may be considered by such agency in support of any petition for reconsideration may promulgate emergency regulations. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to submit an annual report to the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on General Laws detailing (a) the number of employee grievance hearings held pursuant to the APA and (b) the number of decisions from such hearings that were rendered in favor of employees. As introduced, the bill is the recommendation of the Administrative Law Advisory Committee and approved by the Virginia Code Commission.

Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of formal hearings, litigated issues, report.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (25-Y 13-N) (Y: 25 N: 13 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (29-Y 7-N 1-A) (Y: 29 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-25 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-23 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (7-Y 4-N 3-A) (Y: 7 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)
2016-04-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-07		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-07	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
2016-03-04	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-01	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-01	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB207ER)
2016-03-01	Senate	Enrolled
2016-02-29	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (25-Y 13-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Reconsideration of House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (29-Y 7-N 1-A)
2016-02-25	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
2016-02-25	House	Passed House with amendments (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
2016-02-25	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2016-02-25	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2016-02-25	House	Read third time
2016-02-24	House	Read second time
2016-02-23	House	Reported from General Laws with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
2016-02-18	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2016-02-17	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2016-02-03	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2016-02-03	House	Read first time
2016-02-03	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-01-29	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
2016-01-28	Senate	Printed as engrossed 16104711D-ES1
2016-01-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB207ES1
2016-01-28	Senate	Amendment by Senator Petersen agreed to
2016-01-28	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2016-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16104711D-S1
2016-01-28	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-01-28	Senate	Read second time
2016-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16104711D-S1
2016-01-25	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (7-Y 4-N 3-A)
2016-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2016-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100687D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4023.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB207
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB207+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB207S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB207ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB207ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0694+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S12V0022+SB0207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0105SB0207+SB0207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0125SB0207+SB0207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1104V0049+SB0207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H11V0211+SB0207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0953+SB0207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0683SB0207+SB0207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0686SB0207+SB0207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0687SB0207+SB0207