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2007 SESSION
HJ 593 Constitutional amendment; powers of General Assembly (first reference).
Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); powers of the General Assembly; administrative rules and regulations. Allows the General Assembly to suspend or nullify administrative rules and regulations by a majority vote of the members elected to each house and authorizes the standing committees of each house or joint legislative commissions designated by the General Assembly to suspend rules and regulations when the General Assembly is not in regular session.
FULL TEXT
- 12/28/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073249308 pdf
- 02/06/07 House: Printed as engrossed 073249308-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/28/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073249308
- 12/28/06 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/02/07 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/07 House: Taken up
- 02/06/07 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/06/07 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/06/07 House: Engrossed by House as amended HJ593E
- 02/06/07 House: Printed as engrossed 073249308-E
- 02/06/07 House: Agreed to by House (56-Y 39-N)
- 02/06/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (56-Y 39-N)
- 02/06/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/07 Senate: Reading waived
- 02/07/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/13/07 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N)