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2004 SESSION

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HB 622 Natural cut Christmas trees; use in certain places of worship and apartment dwelling units.

Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Use of natural cut Christmas trees in certain places of worship. Provides that the Board of Housing and Community Development adopt regulations permitting the use of natural cut Christmas trees in the common areas of places of worship that do not have automatic sprinkler systems. In October, the International Code Council building and fire codes were adopted for Virginia, which included the international fire code regulation of the use of natural cut Christmas trees. This bill would overrule this regulation to allow for the use of natural cut Christmas trees in places of worship that do not have automatic sprinkler systems. This bill contains an emergency clause and incorporates HB 1180 and HB 1203.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 044019448  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/04  House: Committee substitute printed 041797296-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/05/04  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB622ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/17/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0138)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 044019448
• 01/14/04  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/05/04  House: Reported from General Laws with sub (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  House: Committee substitute printed 041797296-H1
• 02/09/04  House: Read first time
• 02/10/04  House: Read second time
• 02/10/04  House: Committee substitute agreed to 041797296-H1
• 02/10/04  House: Emergency clause added
• 02/10/04  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB622H1
• 02/11/04  House: Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/04  House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/04  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/12/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/12/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/18/04  Senate: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/20/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/23/04  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/04  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/04  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB622ER)
• 03/08/04  House: Enrolled
• 03/08/04  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/04  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/15/04  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 138 (effective 3/15/04)
• 03/17/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0138)