State officers and employees; removal of certain officers from office. (HB2139)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
State officers and employees; removal of certain officers from office. Repeals an archaic provision that provides that the Secretary of the Commonwealth, State Treasurer, Comptroller, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services may be removed from office by joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly or, during the recess thereof, may be suspended by the Governor. The repealed statute also provides that this power shall not be exercised by the Governor except for misbehavior, incapacity, neglect of official duty, or acts performed without due authority of law and that any case in which this power is so exercised by the Governor, he shall fill the office by a temporary appointment and report to the General Assembly, at the beginning of the next session thereof, the fact of such suspension and the cause therefor, whereupon the General Assembly shall determine whether such officer shall be restored or finally removed.
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2013 | Committee |
01/09/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102720D |
01/09/2013 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
01/14/2013 | Assigned GL sub: #4 Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process |
01/15/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2139) |
01/15/2013 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
01/17/2013 | Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/21/2013 | Read first time |
01/22/2013 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/23/2013 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
01/23/2013 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/24/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/24/2013 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
02/11/2013 | Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2013 | Read third time |
02/14/2013 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2013 | Enrolled |
02/20/2013 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2139ER) |
02/20/2013 | Signed by Speaker |
02/20/2013 | Signed by President |
02/21/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2139ER) |
03/06/2013 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/13) |
03/06/2013 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131) |