Governor; authority to grant relief from fines and penalties.
Summary
Authority of Governor to grant relief from finesand penalties. Eliminates provisions of the Code requiring aperson seeking the Governor's relief from fines and penalties tofirst file a petition with the circuit court for such relief.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2022
Last action Mar 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2022
How they voted
21–19
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 3, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 4-N)
upper
Jan 14, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 14, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103929D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Louise Lucas
DDemocratic
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