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2023 SESSION

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SB 1495 Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law, damages.

Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law; damages. Provides that any person against whom an enforcement action is carried out by a locality, of any ordinance or regulation, where the enforcement action was based upon a willful disregard for applicable law, regulation, or ordinance, shall be entitled to an award of compensatory damages and to an order remanding the matter to the locality and may further be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and court costs.

FULL TEXT

• 01/20/23  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 23103576D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/07/23  Senate: Printed as engrossed 23103576D-E  pdf
• 02/20/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23106684D-H1  pdf
• 03/07/23  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1495ER)  pdf
• 03/26/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate amendments

HISTORY

• 01/20/23  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 23103576D
• 01/20/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
• 01/30/23  Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (10-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/23  Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
• 02/06/23  Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendments (10-Y 5-N)
• 02/06/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/23  Senate: Read second time
• 02/07/23  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/07/23  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/07/23  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1495E
• 02/07/23  Senate: Printed as engrossed 23103576D-E
• 02/07/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/23  Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
• 02/10/23  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/10/23  House: Read first time
• 02/10/23  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/10/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
• 02/13/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/23  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23106684D-H1
• 02/22/23  House: Read second time
• 02/23/23  House: Read third time
• 02/23/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23106684D-H1
• 02/23/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1495H1
• 02/23/23  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/23  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/23/23  Senate: Title replaced 23106684D-H1
• 03/07/23  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/07/23  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1495ER)
• 03/08/23  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/08/23  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/13/23  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
• 03/13/23  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
• 03/26/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 553 (effective 7/1/23)
• 03/26/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)