General Laws committee refers two Delegate Hope bills, strikes HB 58 from the docket

The General Laws committee moved two of Delegate Hope’s bills to other panels and removed another from its docket during a short meeting chaired on the record by Speaker 1.

Speaker 1 introduced a bill recorded in the transcript as “HB 3 18,” described as a measure on the Virginia Parole Board’s powers, duties and parole procedures, and asked that it be referred to the Public Safety subcommittee. A motion and second were made and the committee approved the referral by voice vote.

Speaker 1 then introduced another bill recorded as “HB 4 39,” described in the transcript as changes to the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act, and requested referral to Labor and Commerce. That referral also passed on a voice vote after a motion and a second.

The committee took a recorded vote on striking HB 58 from the docket — Speaker 1 noted this was their bill — and the clerk reported the vote count as 19 to 0, after which Speaker 1 announced HB 58 was stricken from the docket.

The committee did not debate the bills’ substantive provisions on the record during this session; the actions taken were procedural referrals and a docket management vote. The clerk handled the roll call for the recorded vote on HB 58, and Speaker 1 suggested the bill "maybe" be brought back in a future year.

The meeting then proceeded to administrative business before adjourning.