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Bill

Emergency services and disaster preparedness plans; DEM to review plans.

Department of Emergency Management; responsibilitiesof political subdivisions; provision of emergency preparedness informationto individuals with limited English proficiency, disabilities, orother special needs. Directs the Department of Emergency Management(the Department) to ensure that the model school crisis and emergencymanagement plan developed by the Board of Education in consultationwith the Department is designed to include and reach individualswith limited English proficiency, disabilities, and other specialneeds. The bill also directs the Department to develop an emergencyresponse plan to (i) address the needs of such individuals in theevent of a disaster, including the provision of competent interpretationservices and translated documents, and (ii) assist and coordinatewith local agencies in developing similar emergency response plansfor such individuals. The bill requires that every local and interjurisdictionalemergency management agency include in its emergency operations planprovisions to ensure that adequate and timely emergency relief assistance,including competent interpretation services and translated documents,is provided to such individuals. The bill requires the governingbody of each locality that is required to establish an alert and warningplan to ensure that such plan provides adequate and timely warningsfor such individuals. The bill contains technical amendments.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 420

Virginia HB 420 (2020)

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enacted

Marcia S. "Cia" Price

2020-01-03

2020-04-02

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ocd-bill/f542332b-a1e0-4dd9-a564-9a40881e8ffd

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB420

66b418a6776431b7697e71de570796416737da38aba8114c2309d17c7307fa91

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 420 (2020) — Emergency services and disaster preparedness plans; DEM to review plans.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB420ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House as amended HB420E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB420) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB420S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Public Safety with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100642D introduction
2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
2020-01-15 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
2020-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-24 Reported from Public Safety with amendments (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-24 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-01-24 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
2020-01-25 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB420)
2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB420)
2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03 Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB420E
2020-02-06 Printed as engrossed 20100642D-E
2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB420E)
2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108688D-S1 substitution
2020-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB420S1)
2020-02-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20108688D-S1
2020-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB420S1
2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) passage
2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
2020-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108688D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05 Enrolled
2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB420ER)
2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-06 Signed by President
2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 590 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f542332b-a1e0-4dd9-a564-9a40881e8ffd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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