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2001 SESSION
HJ 216 Constitutional amendment; Governor's time to act on bills.
Introduced by: Robert F. McDonnell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Govenor's time to act on bills. Moves the reconvened session to the eighth Wednesday following adjournment sine die of a regular session to give the Governor an additional 15 days to act on legislation presented to him when there are fewer than seven days left in the session. The Governor's time to consider bills returned to him from a reconvened session of a regular or special session is reduced from 30 days to 15 days.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 001147836 pdf
- 12/19/00 House: Introduced bill reprinted 001147836 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 001147836
- 01/24/00 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/13/00 House: Continued to 2001 in P. & E. (20-Y 0-N)
- 12/11/00 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
- 12/19/00 House: Introduced bill reprinted 001147836
- 01/11/01 House: Taken up
- 01/11/01 House: Engrossed by House
- 01/11/01 House: Agreed to by House (83-Y 13-N)
- 01/11/01 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (83-Y 13-N)
- 01/11/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/12/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/12/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/19/01 Senate: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
- 02/13/01 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/14/01 Senate: Read second time
- 02/15/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/01 Senate: Rejected by Senate (9-Y 29-N)
- 02/15/01 Senate: VOTE: REJECTED (9-Y 29-N)