Public access authorities; granted certain liability protections.
Summary
Liability of public access authorities.Grants public access authorities, including the land holdings and facilities of such authorities, certain liability protections thatare currently given to localities in relation to parks, recreationalfacilities, and playgrounds.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 13, 2021
Signed Mar 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 16, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2021
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Feb 16, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Mar 30, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 424 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0-1)
senate
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (11-Y 1-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (84-Y 14-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102566D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Keith Hodges
RRepublican
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