Administrative Process Act; exempts certain guidance documents from Act. (HB297)
Introduced By
Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax) with support from co-patrons Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), and 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
Administrative Process Act; guidance documents. Exempts guidance documents, defined in the bill, from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), provided that the agency that developed the guidance document certifies that the document conforms to the definition of a guidance document. Each guidance document is then subject to a 30-day public comment period through the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall website, after publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations and prior to final publication by the agency. If a comment received during the public comment period asserts that the guidance document is contrary to state law or regulation or that it should not be exempt, the adoption of the guidance document shall be delayed an additional 30 days, during which time the agency shall address the comments and provide a response in writing. The bill also provides that guidance documents do not include agency (i) rulings and advisory opinions, (ii) forms and instructions, (iii) bulletins and legislative summaries, (iv) studies and reports, and (v) internal manuals and memoranda. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/03/2018 | Committee |
01/03/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103331D |
01/03/2018 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
01/19/2018 | Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 |
01/22/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB297) |
02/06/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) |
02/08/2018 | Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18105811D-H1 |
02/10/2018 | Read first time |
02/12/2018 | Read second time |
02/12/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18105811D-H1 |
02/12/2018 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB297H1 |
02/13/2018 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
02/13/2018 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/14/2018 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
02/16/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB297H1) |
02/19/2018 | Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2018 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/28/2018 | Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/01/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/02/2018 | Read third time |
03/02/2018 | Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/06/2018 | Enrolled |
03/06/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB297ER) |
03/06/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
03/07/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB297ER) |
03/09/2018 | Signed by President |
03/15/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018 |
03/15/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
04/04/2018 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
04/18/2018 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N) |
04/18/2018 | VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) |
04/18/2018 | Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N 1-A) |
04/18/2018 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) |
04/18/2018 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
04/18/2018 | Reenrolled |
04/18/2018 | Reenrolled bill text (HB297ER2) |
04/18/2018 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
04/18/2018 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
04/18/2018 | Enacted, Chapter 820 (effective 1/1/19) |
04/18/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0820) |
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 26 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
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