Funeral service licensees, etc.; priority for personal protective equipment and immunization, etc.
Summary
Certain declared states of emergency; essential workers; funeral service licensees; emergency. Provides that in any case in which the Board of Health or Commissioner of Health has made an emergency order or regulation for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health or a communicable , contagious, or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health or the Governor has declared a state of emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, funeral service licensees and persons employed by a funeral service establishment or by a public medical examination facility shall be considered essential workers and shall be included in any group afforded priority with regard to (i) access to personal protective equipment and (ii) administration of any vaccination against such communicable disease of public health threat during such emergency. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 26, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 3/18/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2116S1
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21200160D-S1
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House - floor substitute with amendments HB2116EH1
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendments by Delegate Carter agreed to
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102718D
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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