Fleet management; DGS to issue guidance documents to govern use of vehicles in State fleet. (HB1393)

Introduced By

Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville)

Progress

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

Description

Department of General Services; guidance documents establishing policy for fleet management. Provides for the Department of General Services to issue guidance documents, rather than regulations, to govern use of vehicles in the state fleet. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
12/17/2012Committee
12/17/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100894D
12/17/2012Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/08/2013Impact statement from DPB (HB1393)
01/11/2013Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
01/17/2013Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
01/22/2013Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2013Read first time
01/24/2013Read second time and engrossed
01/25/2013Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
01/25/2013VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2013Constitutional reading dispensed
01/28/2013Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/11/2013Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2013Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2013Read third time
02/14/2013Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2013Enrolled
02/20/2013Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1393ER)
02/20/2013Signed by Speaker
02/20/2013Signed by President
02/21/2013Impact statement from DPB (HB1393ER)
03/18/2013G Approved by Governor-Chapter 485 (effective 7/1/13)
03/18/2013G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0485)

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 45 seconds.

Comments

Gregg J writes:

Replace hard and fast regulations with generic guidance documents. This is a bad idea from the word go and opens the door to abuse of the state's vehicle fleet.