Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly, suspension of portions of administrative rule. (HJ515)
Introduced By
Sen. Chris Head (R-Roanoke) with support from co-patrons Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding), and Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
Description
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); powers of General Assembly; limitations. Provides that the General Assembly may suspend or nullify any or all portions of any administrative rule or regulation by joint resolution agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house. When the General Assembly is not in a regular session, a standing committee of each house acting jointly or a joint legislative commission as designated by the General Assembly may suspend any or all portions of any administrative rule or regulation until the end of the next regular session. Read the Bill »
Status
02/24/2015: Passed the Senate
History
Date | Action |
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12/09/2014 | Committee |
12/09/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100541D |
12/09/2014 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/13/2015 | Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments |
02/02/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
02/06/2015 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2015 | Taken up |
02/09/2015 | Engrossed by House |
02/09/2015 | Agreed to by House (61-Y 32-N) |
02/09/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (61-Y 32-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2015 | Reading waived |
02/10/2015 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
02/17/2015 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2015 | Reading waived (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2015 | Blank Action |
02/20/2015 | Read third time |
02/20/2015 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/20/2015 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/20/2015 | Passed by for the day |
02/23/2015 | Read third time |
02/23/2015 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/23/2015 | Agreed to by Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2015 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2015 | Passed by for the day |
02/24/2015 | Read third time |
02/24/2015 | Rejected by Senate (19-Y 20-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Agreed to by Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Rejected by Senate (20-Y 19-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Requires 21 affirmative votes for passage |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 4 minutes.
Comments
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