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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor, executive orders, penalty."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5093"
citation: "Virginia HB 5093 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-19"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13190d90-c4a9-4768-8264-af06dd053215"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5093"
source_hash: "5d2fc9db97152fda38d67156742e45dee832e68c24c0e31ad38804fee922df10"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0014)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5093ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5093ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5093)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5093)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13190d90-c4a9-4768-8264-af06dd053215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).