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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders."
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description: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders. Limits the duration of any executive order issued by the Governor pursuant to his powers under the Emergency Services and Disaster Law to no more than 45 days from the date of issuance. The bill provides that if the General Assembly does not take any action on the rule, regulation, or order within the 45 days 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. Under current law, once issued, such executive orders are effective until June 30 following the next regular session of the General Assembly. This bill incorporates SB 166 and SB 731 and is identical to HB 158."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 4"
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citation: "Virginia SB 4 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-11-22"
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last_action: "2022-05-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6aff245-0927-4095-b0b6-a3af1e0c7fd0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB4"
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source_hash: "16b194f19999597789074df1e392515d78fdbbe4ca46bff6d93ad730d113a138"
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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 SB 4 (2022) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders.
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Emergency Services and Disaster Law; limitation on duration of executive orders. Limits the duration of any executive order issued by the Governor pursuant to his powers under the Emergency Services and Disaster Law to no more than 45 days from the date of issuance. The bill provides that if the General Assembly does not take any action on the rule, regulation, or order within the 45 days 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. Under current law, once issued, such executive orders are effective until June 30 following the next regular session of the General Assembly. This bill incorporates SB 166 and SB 731 and is identical to HB 158.
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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. **CHAP0803** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0803)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106465D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 22107417D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4H1)
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4. **Governor's substitute printed 22108055D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4S2)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100576D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4)
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6. **SB4ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB4ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) — **90–8** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) — **29–11** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
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- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-11-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100576D `introduction`
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- **2021-11-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB4)
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- **2022-02-09** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106465D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-09** Incorporates SB166 (Peake)
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- **2022-02-09** Incorporates SB731 (Lewis)
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- **2022-02-09** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB4S1)
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- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106465D-S1
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB4S1
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- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-03** Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-03** Committee substitute printed 22107417D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB4H1)
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- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-08** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-09** Committee on Rules substitute rejected 22107417D-H1
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- **2022-03-09** Passed House (91-Y 8-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N)
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB4ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
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- **2022-04-11** Governor's substitute printed 22108055D-S2
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- **2022-04-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-04-27** Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
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- **2022-04-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
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- **2022-05-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 803 (effective 7/1/22) `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/b6aff245-0927-4095-b0b6-a3af1e0c7fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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