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2018 SESSION
HB 297 Administrative Process Act; exempts certain guidance documents from Act.
Introduced by: David L. Bulova | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Administrative Process Act; guidance documents. Exempts guidance documents, defined in the bill, from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), provided that the agency that developed the guidance document certifies that the document conforms to the definition of a guidance document. Each guidance document is then subject to a 30-day public comment period through the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall website, after publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations and prior to the effective date of the document. If a comment received during the public comment period asserts that the guidance document is contrary to state law or regulation or that it should not be exempt, the effective date of the guidance document shall be delayed an additional 30 days, during which time the agency shall address the comments and provide a response in writing. The bill also provides that guidance documents do not include agency (i) rulings and advisory opinions, (ii) forms and instructions, (iii) bulletins and legislative summaries, (iv) studies and reports, and (v) internal manuals and memoranda. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103331D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105811D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB297ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/18/18 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB297ER2) pdf
- 04/18/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0820) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/03/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103331D
- 01/03/18 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 02/06/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105811D-H1
- 02/10/18 House: Read first time
- 02/12/18 House: Read second time
- 02/12/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18105811D-H1
- 02/12/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB297H1
- 02/13/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/19/18 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/28/18 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/18 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB297ER)
- 03/06/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018
- 03/15/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 04/04/18 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/18/18 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 04/18/18 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/18/18 House: Reenrolled
- 04/18/18 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB297ER2)
- 04/18/18 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/18/18 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/18/18 House: Enacted, Chapter 820 (effective 1/1/19)
- 04/18/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0820)