Speaker of the House of Delegates and Joint Rules Committee; appointments. (HJ1085)

Introduced By

Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Appointments by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and Joint Rules Committee. Confirms appointments by the Speaker of the House of Delegates to the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council and by the Joint Rules Committee to the Commonwealth Health Research Board and the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System. Read the Bill »

Status

02/24/2017: Passed the Senate

History

DateAction
02/21/2017Presented and ordered printed 17105234D
02/21/2017Referred to Committee on Rules
02/21/2017Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2017Taken up
02/22/2017Engrossed by House
02/22/2017Agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N 1-A)
02/22/2017VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 1-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/22/2017Reading waived
02/22/2017Referred to Committee on Rules
02/24/2017Rules suspended (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2017Discharged from Rules
02/24/2017Readings waived
02/24/2017Taken up for immediate consideration
02/24/2017Agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2017Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ1085ER)

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 2 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

PERHAPS ALLOWING THIS BODY TO SUSPEND OR NULLIFY, OKAY, I CAN GET THAT, I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH IT. BUT WHEN YOU DO IT OUTSIDE OF GENERAL SESSION, AND DO IT IN A COMMISSION THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ELECTED, I THINK YOU CREATE SOME HUGE PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOT FIXED BY JUST SAYING, OH, YEAH, WE CAN CREATE A GENERAL LAW. WELL, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO CREATE A GENERAL LAW, LET'S GET A BILL. LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN PASS A BILL TO CREATE A GENERAL LAW. DON'T PUT IT IN THE CONSTITUTION! PLEASE, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION. MR. SPEAKER? THE GENTLEMAN, MR. MARSHALL. ADDRESSING THE MEASURE? BEG PARDON? ADDRESSING THIS RESOLUTION?

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SPEAKER, THERE ARE ABOUT 28 LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. MOST OF THEM, I THINK AT LEAST 20 OF THEM, DO NOT HAVE EXCLUSIVELY ELECTED MEMBERS. SO WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS GIVING THE POWER TO UNELECTED PEOPLE TO UNDO A REGULATION WHICH SHOULD BE MADE IN PURSUIT OF LAW. NOW, ALSO LOOK AT THE CONDITION AND THE TIME WHEN THESE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONS CAN DO THIS. WHEN WE'RE NOT IN REGULAR SESSION, WELL, I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS IS MY 26TH YEAR, MR. SPEAKER, AT TIMES WE ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN REGULAR SESSION, AND IN SPECIAL SESSION. IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE HAVE A REGULAR SESSION, I WILL SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THIS