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| Bill | Administration of government; boards and councils, cleanup. | Administration of government; boards and councils;cleanup. Aligns authorizing language across certain boards andcouncils. The bill also increases from 18 to 21 the nonlegislativecitizen members of the Asian Advisory Board and the Council on Women.The bill removes the power and duty of the Council on Women to reviewand comment on budget and appropriation requests and grant applications.The bill revises the purpose of the Council on Women from identifyingways in which women can reach their potential to advising the Governoron matters pertaining to women and ways to improve their educational,professional, cultural, and governmental status within the Commonwealth. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 993 | Virginia HB 993 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 993 (2020) — Administration of government; boards and councils, cleanup.
Administration of government; boards and councils;cleanup. Aligns authorizing language across certain boards andcouncils. The bill also increases from 18 to 21 the nonlegislativecitizen members of the Asian Advisory Board and the Council on Women.The bill removes the power and duty of the Council on Women to reviewand comment on budget and appropriation requests and grant applications.The bill revises the purpose of the Council on Women from identifyingways in which women can reach their potential to advising the Governoron matters pertaining to women and ways to improve their educational,professional, cultural, and governmental status within the Commonwealth.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB993ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB993) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105269D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-28 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-31 Passed by temporarily
- 2020-01-31 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB993)
- 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB993ER)
- 2020-02-21 Signed by President
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 57 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a14e6a3-1528-497c-8e09-acfdc676ee07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).