Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general district court.
Summary
Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general district court. Authorizes the Fort Monroe Authority to prepare, execute, file, and have served certain documents in a civil proceeding in general district court without the intervention of an attorney. This bill is identical to SB 956.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 13, 2020
Signed Mar 2, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105251D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Martha M. Mugler
DDemocratic
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