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| Bill | Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders. | Powers of the Governor; limited duration of rules, regulations, and orders. Limits the initial duration of any rule, regulation, or order issued by the Governor pursuant to his powers under the Emergency Services and Disaster Law to no more than 30 days after the date of issuance. The bill provides that the Governor may extend the duration after the initial 30-day period for two additional 30-day periods. Upon each extension, the Governor is required to report to the General Assembly on the status of the continued need for the order. During each of the extension periods, the General Assembly may convene to consider and take action on the rule, regulation, or order. If the Governor deems it is in the best interest of the Commonwealth for the order to be in effect for more than 90 days, the General Assembly shall be convened to consider and take action on such extension. The bill provides that unless the General Assembly takes action on the rule, regulation, or order within such 90-day period encompassing the initial issuance and any extensions during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor shall thereafter be prohibited from issuing the same or a similar rule, regulation, or order relating to the same emergency without the approval of the General Assembly. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 158 | Virginia HB 158 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 158 (2022) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders.
Powers of the Governor; limited duration of rules, regulations, and orders. Limits the initial duration of any rule, regulation, or order issued by the Governor pursuant to his powers under the Emergency Services and Disaster Law to no more than 30 days after the date of issuance. The bill provides that the Governor may extend the duration after the initial 30-day period for two additional 30-day periods. Upon each extension, the Governor is required to report to the General Assembly on the status of the continued need for the order. During each of the extension periods, the General Assembly may convene to consider and take action on the rule, regulation, or order. If the Governor deems it is in the best interest of the Commonwealth for the order to be in effect for more than 90 days, the General Assembly shall be convened to consider and take action on such extension. The bill provides that unless the General Assembly takes action on the rule, regulation, or order within such 90-day period encompassing the initial issuance and any extensions during which the rule, regulation, or order is effective, the Governor shall thereafter be prohibited from issuing the same or a similar rule, regulation, or order relating to the same emergency without the approval of the General Assembly.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0805 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22106309D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22107547D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's substitute printed 22108038D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- HB158ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102298D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 16-N) — 22–16 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules with substitute (12-Y 4-N) — 12–4 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 8-N) — 89–8 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)
- Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102298D
introduction - 2022-01-09 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2022-02-08 Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22106309D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22106309D-H1
- 2022-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB158H1
- 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-14 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2022-03-04 Reported from Rules with substitute (12-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-04 Committee substitute printed 22107547D-S1
substitution - 2022-03-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-08 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-08 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-03-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22107547D-S1
- 2022-03-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB158S1
- 2022-03-08 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 16-N)
passage - 2022-03-09 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107547D-S1 (90-Y 8-N)
- 2022-03-09 VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 8-N)
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled
- 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-11 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2022-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 22108038D-H2
- 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 Passed by for the day
- 2022-04-27 Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
- 2022-04-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
- 2022-05-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 805 (effective 7/1/22)
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Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35494409-e684-4080-97d1-5728c80888bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).