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HB 670 USBC & SFPC; proposal for changes to the Codes to address active shooters or hostile threats.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Door locking mechanisms and other safety devices. Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene stakeholders representing entities that enforce the Uniform Statewide Building Code and the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code, other law-enforcement organizations, and representatives of local governments throughout the Commonwealth to develop proposals for changes to the USBC and SFPC for submission to the Board of Housing and Community Development. Such proposals shall have the goal of assisting in the provision of safety and security measures for the Commonwealth's public buildings for active-shooter or hostile threats while maintaining compliance with basic accessibility requirements under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. This bill is identical to SB 333.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103879D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106194D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108224D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB670ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103879D
- 01/06/20 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/17/20 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106194D-H1
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Read first time
- 02/05/20 House: Read second time
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106194D-H1
- 02/05/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB670H1
- 02/06/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/12/20 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108224D-S1
- 02/14/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108224D-S1
- 02/17/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB670S1
- 02/17/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108224D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB670ER)
- 02/21/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- 02/26/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- 03/04/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 130 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/04/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130)