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1999 SESSION

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HB 2706 Compliance with Year 2000 date change.

Introduced by: Joe T. May | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Claims against the Commonwealth. Provides that no cause of action shall be permitted which is based on any claim arising from the failure of a computer, software program, database, network, information system, firmware or any other device, whether operated by on behalf of the Commonwealth or one of its agencies, to interpret, produce, calculate, generate, or account for a date which is compatible with the “Year 2000” date change.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 999423843  pdf
• 02/06/99  House: Printed as engrossed 999423843-E  pdf
• 02/18/99  Senate: Committee substitute printed 992913340-S1  pdf
• 03/11/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2706ER)  pdf
• 04/08/99  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2706ER2)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
• Conference amendments
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 999423843
• 01/21/99  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/26/99  House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
• 02/04/99  House: Reported from General Laws with amd. (26-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/99  House: Read first time
• 02/06/99  House: Read second time
• 02/06/99  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/06/99  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/06/99  House: Printed as engrossed 999423843-E
• 02/07/99  House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/99  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/08/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/08/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/17/99  Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub. (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/99  Senate: Committee substitute printed 992913340-S1
• 02/18/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/99  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/19/99  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 992913340-S1
• 02/19/99  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 992913340-S1
• 02/19/99  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/99  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/23/99  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/24/99  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/25/99  House: Senate substitute rejected by House (41-Y 48-N)
• 02/25/99  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (41-Y 48-N)
• 02/25/99  Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/99  Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/99  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 02/25/99  House: House acceded to request
• 02/25/99  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 02/25/99  House: Delegates: May, McEachin, Marshall
• 02/25/99  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 02/25/99  Senate: Senators: Schrock, Potts, Marye
• 02/26/99  Senate: Reading of conference report waived
• 02/26/99  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
• 02/26/99  Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT (38-Y 2-N)
• 02/26/99  Conference: Senate sub. accepted by conf. committee 992913340-S1
• 02/26/99  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 02/26/99  House: Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 2-N)
• 02/26/99  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 2-N)
• 03/11/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2706ER)
• 03/15/99  House: Enrolled
• 03/16/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/18/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/29/99  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/07/99  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/07/99  House: House rejected Gov's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N)
• 04/07/99  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (33-Y 61-N)
• 04/07/99  House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation #2 & 3 (95-Y 0-N)
• 04/07/99  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
• 04/07/99  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 04/07/99  Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation #2 & 3 (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/07/99  Senate: VOTE: ADOPT RECOMM. PART 1 (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/07/99  Governor: Governor's recommendation #2 & 3 adopted
• 04/08/99  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2706ER2)
• 04/20/99  House: Reenrolled
• 04/21/99  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/22/99  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/22/99  House: Communicated to Governor
• 05/07/99  Governor: Vetoed by Governor