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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans."
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description: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; local andinterjurisdictional emergency operations plans. Requires localand interjurisdictional agencies to include provisions in their emergency operations plans to ensure that such plans are applied equitablyand that the needs of minority and vulnerable communities are metduring emergencies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2085"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2085 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Q. Askew"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-02-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad6af379-02fe-4e96-81d9-4ca07dc71fd9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2085"
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source_hash: "c645d19b6623089e542c31daaebfa1e99199c0fbf7a19d73005e72f7f44ba1c0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2085 (2021) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans.
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Emergency Services and Disaster Law; local andinterjurisdictional emergency operations plans. Requires localand interjurisdictional agencies to include provisions in their emergency operations plans to ensure that such plans are applied equitablyand that the needs of minority and vulnerable communities are metduring emergencies.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0027** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0027)
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2. **HB2085ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2085ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102351D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2085)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102351D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-15** Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2085)
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- **2021-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-20** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-20** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N)
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- **2021-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2085ER)
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- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
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- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
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- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 27 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad6af379-02fe-4e96-81d9-4ca07dc71fd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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