SJ 87 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

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