Constitutional amendment; immunity of legislators (first reference).
Summary
Constitutional amendment (first resolution);immunity of legislators. Limits the immunity of legislators byallowing the arrest of a member of the General Assembly during thesessions of the respective houses upon issuance of process for arrestby a judge with authorization of the attorney for the Commonwealthor the law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the offense.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2020
Last action Feb 7, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Rules
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20107210D
upper
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
Co
AB
A. Benton "Ben" Chafin
RRepublican
Co
Bill DeSteph
RRepublican
Co
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
Co
David Suetterlein
RRepublican
Co
FR
Frank Ruff
RRepublican
Co
JA
Jennifer A. Kiggans
RRepublican
Co
JV
Jill Vogel
RRepublican
Co
JA
John A. Cosgrove, Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
Co
Mark Peake
RRepublican
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