republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020speciali/hb-5093.md

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Bill	Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor, executive orders, penalty.	Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor; executive orders; penalty. Provides that a violation of an executive order declared by the Governor as the Director of Emergency Management shall be punishable either as a civil penalty of not more than $500 or as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the only penalty for such a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also mandates that a violation of an executive order that is punishable as a civil penalty shall be charged by summons and may be executed by a law-enforcement officer when such violation is observed by the officer. The proceeds of any such civil penalty that is imposed shall be paid and collected only in lawful money of the United States and paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund. This bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2023, and is identical to SB 5117.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020specialI	HB 5093	Virginia HB 5093 (2020specialI)	bill		enacted		3	29	6	2020-08-19	2020-10-21	openstates	ocd-bill/13190d90-c4a9-4768-8264-af06dd053215	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5093	5d2fc9db97152fda38d67156742e45dee832e68c24c0e31ad38804fee922df10	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 5093 (2020specialI) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor, executive orders, penalty.

Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor; executive orders; penalty. Provides that a violation of an executive order declared by the Governor as the Director of Emergency Management shall be punishable either as a civil penalty of not more than $500 or as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the only penalty for such a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also mandates that a violation of an executive order that is punishable as a civil penalty shall be charged by summons and may be executed by a law-enforcement officer when such violation is observed by the officer. The proceeds of any such civil penalty that is imposed shall be paid and collected only in lawful money of the United States and paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund. This bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2023, and is identical to SB 5117.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5093ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB5093) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 37-N) — 58–37 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (19-Y 17-N) — 19–17 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N) — 60–37 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 1-N) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-19 Presented and ordered printed 20200838D introduction
• 2020-08-19 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-08-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB5093)
• 2020-08-25 Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-08-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-08-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-09-03 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 37-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-09-03 VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N)
• 2020-09-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-09-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-09-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-09-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
• 2020-09-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-09-25 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-09-25 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-09-25 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-09-25 Passed Senate with amendment (19-Y 17-N) passage
• 2020-09-29 Passed by for the day
• 2020-10-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-10-02 Senate amendment agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N)
• 2020-10-02 VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 37-N)
• 2020-10-07 Enrolled
• 2020-10-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB5093ER)
• 2020-10-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-10-07 Signed by President
• 2020-10-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-10-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
• 2020-10-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
• 2020-10-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 3/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13190d90-c4a9-4768-8264-af06dd053215. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).