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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2216 Va. Missing Child w/ Autism Alert Program; renamed Va. Missing Person w/ Autism Program.
Introduced by: C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program. Renames the Virginia Missing Child with Autism Alert Program to the Virginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program and expands it to apply to any missing person with autism, regardless of age. The bill defines a "missing person with autism" as any person (i) whose whereabouts are unknown, (ii) who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as defined by the Code of Virginia, and (iii) whose disappearance poses a credible threat to the safety and health of the person.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100556D pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2216ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100556D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/20/21 House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
- 01/21/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/21 House: Read first time
- 01/26/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/27/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/21 Senate: Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/21 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2216ER)
- 02/19/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- 02/24/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/18/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 189 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189)