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2020 SESSION

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SB 941 Local government meetings; rescheduling a meeting due to weather, etc.

Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Local government meetings; weather. Authorizes any political subdivision, board of zoning appeals, or local government board, commission, or authority, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, to fix the day or days to which a regular meeting shall be continued if the chairman, or vice-chairman if the chairman is unable to act, finds and declares that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the regular meeting. The bill requires that such findings be communicated to the members and the press as promptly as possible and that all hearings and other matters previously advertised be conducted at the continued meeting, and no further advertising is required.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/20  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20104543D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20108744D-H1  pdf
• 03/05/20  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB941ER)  pdf
• 04/11/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1143)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/13/20  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20104543D
• 01/13/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
• 01/20/20  Senate: Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/20  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/23/20  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/20  House: Read first time
• 02/13/20  House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
• 02/13/20  House: Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
• 02/20/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/20  House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20108744D-H1
• 02/25/20  House: Read second time
• 02/26/20  House: Read third time
• 02/26/20  House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108744D-H1
• 02/26/20  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB941H1
• 02/26/20  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/20  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/20  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/20  Senate: Title replaced 20108744D-H1
• 03/05/20  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/05/20  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB941ER)
• 03/06/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/12/20  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 03/12/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 04/11/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1143 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/11/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1143)