General Assembly deadlines; computation of time. (HB706)

Introduced By

Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville) with support from co-patrons Del. John A. Cox (R-Ashland), and Del. Morgan Griffith (R-Salem)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

General Assembly deadlines; computation of time.  Provides that when an act of the General Assembly requires an action to be completed or taken on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or any day or part of a day on which the clerk's office is closed, the act may be performed on the next business day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day when the clerk's office is closed. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/12/2010Committee
01/12/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100573D
01/12/2010Referred to Committee on Rules
01/26/2010Reported from Rules with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/26/2010Committee substitute printed 10104518D-H1
01/28/2010Read first time
01/29/2010Read second time
01/29/2010Committee substitute agreed to 10104518D-H1
01/29/2010Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB706H1
02/01/2010Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/01/2010VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2010Constitutional reading dispensed
02/02/2010Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/17/2010Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2010Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2010Read third time
02/22/2010Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2010Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2010Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2010Enrolled
02/24/2010Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB706ER)
02/24/2010Signed by Speaker
02/25/2010Signed by President
03/09/2010G Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (effective 7/1/10)
03/09/2010G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.