Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel; revises membership and duties, report.
Summary
Revises the membership of the Secure Commonwealth Panel, renamed the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, and requires the Panel to create an Emergency Management Awareness Group consisting of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology. The bill requires the Group to meet during a state of emergency to review critical information concerning such situation to facilitate communication between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government. The bill dissolves the Virginia Emergency Response Council and transfers its duties to the Panel. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017
Signed Mar 16, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
4
Mar 16, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 512 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 20, 2017
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1998EH1
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Amendments by Delegate Lingamfelter agreed to
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104839D-H1
legislature
Jan 17, 2017
Committee
Assigned MPPS sub: #2
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102169D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
L. Scott Lingamfelter
RRepublican
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