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type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services and disaster preparedness plans; DEM to review plans."
description: "Department of Emergency Management; responsibilitiesof political subdivisions; provision of emergency preparedness informationto individuals with limited English proficiency, disabilities, orother special needs. Directs the Department of Emergency Management(the Department) to ensure that the model school crisis and emergencymanagement plan developed by the Board of Education in consultationwith the Department is designed to include and reach individualswith limited English proficiency, disabilities, and other specialneeds. The bill also directs the Department to develop an emergencyresponse plan to (i) address the needs of such individuals in theevent of a disaster, including the provision of competent interpretationservices and translated documents, and (ii) assist and coordinatewith local agencies in developing similar emergency response plansfor such individuals. The bill requires that every local and interjurisdictionalemergency management agency include in its emergency operations planprovisions to ensure that adequate and timely emergency relief assistance,including competent interpretation services and translated documents,is provided to such individuals. The bill requires the governingbody of each locality that is required to establish an alert and warningplan to ensure that such plan provides adequate and timely warningsfor such individuals. The bill contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 420"
citation: "Virginia HB 420 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f542332b-a1e0-4dd9-a564-9a40881e8ffd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB420"
source_hash: "66b418a6776431b7697e71de570796416737da38aba8114c2309d17c7307fa91"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 420 (2020) — Emergency services and disaster preparedness plans; DEM to review plans.
Department of Emergency Management; responsibilitiesof political subdivisions; provision of emergency preparedness informationto individuals with limited English proficiency, disabilities, orother special needs. Directs the Department of Emergency Management(the Department) to ensure that the model school crisis and emergencymanagement plan developed by the Board of Education in consultationwith the Department is designed to include and reach individualswith limited English proficiency, disabilities, and other specialneeds. The bill also directs the Department to develop an emergencyresponse plan to (i) address the needs of such individuals in theevent of a disaster, including the provision of competent interpretationservices and translated documents, and (ii) assist and coordinatewith local agencies in developing similar emergency response plansfor such individuals. The bill requires that every local and interjurisdictionalemergency management agency include in its emergency operations planprovisions to ensure that adequate and timely emergency relief assistance,including competent interpretation services and translated documents,is provided to such individuals. The bill requires the governingbody of each locality that is required to establish an alert and warningplan to ensure that such plan provides adequate and timely warningsfor such individuals. The bill contains technical amendments.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0590)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB420ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB420ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB420E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB420E)
4. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB420)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB420)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB420S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB420S1)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100642D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Public Safety with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-25** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB420)
- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB420)
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-03** Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB420E
- **2020-02-06** Printed as engrossed 20100642D-E
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB420E)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute printed 20108688D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB420S1)
- **2020-02-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20108688D-S1
- **2020-02-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB420S1
- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108688D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB420ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 590 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f542332b-a1e0-4dd9-a564-9a40881e8ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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