COVID-19; penalty reimbursements, sunset provision. (HB2461)

Introduced By

Sen. Tara Durant (R-Fredericksburg)

Progress

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

Description

Secretary of Finance; COVID-19 penalty reimbursements; sunset. Requires all state agencies to report to the Secretary of Finance the total amount of fines, fees, and interest imposed on individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, including any withdrawal, suspension, or cancellation of an individual's license or certification, resulting from violations of the Commonwealth's COVID-19 practices, guidelines, rules, or operating procedures and any state contracts that were not awarded as a result of noncompliance with the Commonwealth's COVID-19 guidelines. The bill also requires all state agencies to include in such report the fund into which such amounts were deposited. The bill directs the Secretary of Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretaries with responsibility for the impacted agencies, to develop a procedure to provide reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations up to the amount of fines, fees, or interest previously paid for such violations. The bill specifies that the procedure developed by the Secretary of Finance shall provide for the reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations of such amounts from the fund into which the original amounts were deposited. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2025. Read the Bill »

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Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/20/2023Committee
01/20/2023Presented and ordered printed 23104547D
01/20/2023Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/25/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2461)
01/30/2023Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
02/02/2023House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/02/2023Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
02/02/2023Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2023Committee substitute printed 23106161D-H1
02/03/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2461H1)
02/05/2023Read first time
02/06/2023Read second time
02/06/2023Committee substitute agreed to 23106161D-H1
02/06/2023Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2461H1
02/07/2023Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
02/07/2023VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2023Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/2023Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
02/15/2023Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)