HB1998
Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel; revises membership and duties, report.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Secure Commonwealth Panel; membership and duties.
Revises the membership of the Secure Commonwealth Panel, renamed the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, and requires the Panel to create an Emergency Management Awareness Group consisting of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of ... (More) Virginia, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology. The bill requires the Group to meet during a state of emergency to review critical information concerning such situation to facilitate communication between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government. The bill dissolves the Virginia Emergency Response Council and transfers its duties to the Panel. The bill contains technical amendments. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102169D
- 01/10/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/17/2017 - House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
- 01/27/2017 - House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2017 - House: Committee substitute printed 17104839D-H1
- 01/30/2017 - House: Read first time
- 01/31/2017 - House: Read second time
- 01/31/2017 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104839D-H1
- 01/31/2017 - House: Amendments by Delegate Lingamfelter agreed to
- 01/31/2017 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1998EH1
- 01/31/2017 - House: Printed as engrossed 17104839D-EH1
- 02/01/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2017 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/13/2017 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/2017 - House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2017 - House: Enrolled
- 02/23/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1998ER)
- 02/23/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 02/28/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/16/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 512 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/16/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)
