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SB 207 Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of formal hearings, litigated issues, report.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of formal hearings. Provides a procedure for a party to file a petition for reconsideration of an agency's decision from a formal hearing under the Administrative Process Act (APA). The bill requires the agency to render a written decision on a party's timely petition for reconsideration within 30 days; the agency may deny the petition, modify the decision, or vacate the decision and set a new hearing for further proceedings. The agency shall state the reasons for its action. The bill also provides for the reconsideration of other decisions of a policy-making board of a state agency. If reconsideration is sought for the decision of a board, the board may (i) consider the petition for reconsideration at its next regularly scheduled meeting, (ii) schedule a special meeting to consider and decide upon the petition within 30 days of receipt, or (iii) delegate authority to consider the petition to either the board chairman, a subcommittee of the board, or the director of the state agency that provides administrative support to the board. The bill provides that any agency that intends to promulgate regulations that specify the scope of evidence that may be considered by such agency in support of any petition for reconsideration may promulgate emergency regulations. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to submit an annual report to the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on General Laws detailing (a) the number of employee grievance hearings held pursuant to the APA and (b) the number of decisions from such hearings that were rendered in favor of employees. As introduced, the bill is the recommendation of the Administrative Law Advisory Committee and approved by the Virginia Code Commission.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100687D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104711D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16104711D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB207ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/05/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100687D
- 01/05/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/25/16 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (7-Y 4-N 3-A)
- 01/25/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104711D-S1
- 01/27/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/16 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16104711D-S1
- 01/28/16 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/28/16 Senate: Amendment by Senator Petersen agreed to
- 01/28/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB207ES1
- 01/28/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16104711D-ES1
- 01/29/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/16 House: Read first time
- 02/03/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/17/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 02/18/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/16 House: Reported from General Laws with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 House: Read second time
- 02/25/16 House: Read third time
- 02/25/16 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/25/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/25/16 House: Passed House with amendments (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/25/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/29/16 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (29-Y 7-N 1-A)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Reconsideration of House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (25-Y 13-N)
- 03/01/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/01/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB207ER)
- 03/01/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/04/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/04/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)