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2007 SESSION

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HB 1796 General Assembly; prefiling of legislation. 

Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

General Assembly; prefiling of legislation.  Clarifies that following an election, legislation may be prefiled only by members and members-elect of the next regular session of the General Assembly. Current law allows a member of the General Assembly who is retiring or who was not re-elected to prefile legislation until the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly when his or her term of office expires.

FULL TEXT

• 12/28/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 076104308  pdf
• 03/07/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1796ER)  pdf
• 03/27/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/28/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 076104308
• 12/28/06  House: Referred to Committee on Rules
• 01/24/07  House: Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/07  House: Read first time
• 01/26/07  House: Read second time
• 01/26/07  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/29/07  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/30/07  House: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 8-N)
• 01/30/07  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 8-N)
• 01/30/07  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/31/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/31/07  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
• 02/19/07  Senate: Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/07  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/20/07  Senate: Motion to reconsider Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/07  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/21/07  Senate: Read third time
• 02/21/07  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/07  Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/07  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/07  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/07  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1796ER)
• 03/07/07  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/07  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/19/07  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/07)
• 03/27/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)