Immunity of persons at public hearing; attorney fees and costs.
Summary
Immunity of persons at public hearing; attorneyfees; costs. Allows for the award of reasonable attorney feesand costs to any person who has a subpoena against him quashed inan action for statements made at a public hearing before the governingbody of a locality or other local entity when he is immune from liabilityfor such statements. Current law provides for the award of attorneyfees and costs upon the dismissal of such an action.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Apr 7, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
39–1
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Apr 7, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 824 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100737D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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