Virginia Senate Bill 840 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-30 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (13-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Labor and Industry; Safety and Health Codes Board; Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program; use of cranes and derricks in construction; report. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board of the Department of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program, regarding cranes and derricks in construction, to allow an active load stabilization mechanism or passive load stabilization mechanism, defined in the bill, to be used if necessary to prevent hazardous rotation of a load as determined by the project manager or safety engineer. The bill requires the Department to report the final regulations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology by November 1, 2023. Department of Labor and Industry; Safety and Health Codes Board; Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program; use of cranes and derricks in construction; report. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board of the Department of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program, regarding cranes and derricks in construction, to allow an active load stabilization mechanism or passive load stabilization mechanism, defined in the bill, to be used if necessary to prevent hazardous rotation of a load as determined by the project manager or safety engineer. The bill requires the Department to report the final regulations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology by November 1, 2023.

Safety & Health Codes Bd. of Dept. of Labor & Industry; regulation regarding cranes & derricks, etc.

Sen. John Bell [D]

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-30	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (13-Y 0-N)
2022-12-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2022-12-28	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102913D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB840
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB840+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23107398D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB840F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0052+SB0840