HB 5074 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020, 1st Special Session

COVID-19 virus; immunity from civil claims related to transmission of or exposure to the virus.

Summary
Immunity from civil claims related to the transmissionof or exposure to the COVID-19 virus; emergency. Provides immunityto a person, as defined in the bill, from civil causes of actionarising from any act or omission alleged to have resulted in thecontraction of or exposure to the COVID-19 virus, provided such personhas complied with applicable and the most recent federal, state,and local laws, policies, procedures, and guidance regarding COVID-19.The bill requires every person to provide, with respect to any premisesowned by the person or under the person's possession, custody, orcontrol, reasonable notice of actions taken by the person for thepurpose of reducing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to individualspresent on the premises. The bill contains an emergency clause andspecifies that the provisions apply to claims arising no later than180 days after the expiration or revocation of all states of emergencydeclared by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Aug 18, 2020 Last action Nov 9, 2020
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Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Sep 3, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
lower
Sep 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
lower
Aug 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Aug 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Aug 18, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Aug 18, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200543D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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