Emergency laws; civil relief, citizens furloughed or otherwise receiving reduced wages or payments.
Summary
Emergency laws; civil relief; citizens furloughedor otherwise receiving reduced wages or payments due to state ofemergency; COVID-19 pandemic. Provides a 60-day stay of an unlawful detainer for nonpayment of rent for tenants and a 30-day stay offoreclosure proceedings for owners of any residential dwelling unitand for homeowners of a one-family to four-family residential dwellingunit who request a stay and provide written proof, defined in thebill, that they are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during theperiod for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency (theEmergency). The bill requires owners of residential dwelling unitsand homeowners who rent to a tenant a one-family to four-family residentialdwelling unit to request such stay of foreclosure proceedings within90 days of the initial declaration of the Emergency or 90 days followingthe end of the Emergency, whichever is later. The bill contains anemergency clause and provides for an expiration of the provisions90 days following the end of the Emergency.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Sep 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Nov 2020
Senate Passage
Nov 2020
Signed into Law
Nov 2020
Introduced Aug 23, 2020
Signed Nov 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Nov 9, 2020 · House of Delegates Nov 9, 2020
How they voted
37–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Nov 9, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
13
Committee
8
Amendments
5
Nov 9, 2020
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Nov 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 1-N)
upper
Nov 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 40-N)
lower
Oct 2, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (53-Y 41-N)
lower
Oct 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (34-Y 5-N)
upper
Oct 1, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Oct 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Sep 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Sep 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 16, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
upper
Sep 16, 2020
Committee
Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 2, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Aug 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (55-Y 40-N)
lower
Aug 27, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB5115E
lower
Aug 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Simon agreed to
lower
Aug 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (12-Y 8-N)
lower
Aug 23, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Aug 23, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 20200946D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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