VirginiaCore emergency management functions; DEM to study reliance on federal grants.
What it does
Department of Emergency Management; work groups related to the Commonwealth's response to the COVID-19 pandemic; report. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to convene work groups to (i) study the reliance of the Commonwealth and its localities on federal grants for core emergency management functions, (ii) study and develop a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework to take effect during a disaster for which a state of emergency has been declared, and (iii) study and develop solutions to address breaks in technology continuity among communities across the Commonwealth during emergencies. The bill directs each work group to complete its work and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2025.
More detail
This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates SB 1325.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 17Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Feb 6Read first timeMinor
- Feb 6Placed on Calendar
- Jan 31Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Jan 31Rules suspended
- Jan 31Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 31Rules Substitute agreed to
- Jan 31Reading of substitute waived
- Jan 31Read second timeMinor
- Jan 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1326)
- Jan 30Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- Jan 30Rules suspended
- Jan 29Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 24Committee substitute printed 25105814D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Rules with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 24Reported from Rules with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 24Incorporates SB1325(Roem)
- Jan 12Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Jan 12Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-12-2025 25102605DIntroduced
- Feb 17Tabled in Rules (18-Y 0-N)Latest