The Senate completed action on four bills, passed 11 bills on for consideration in the House of Delegates and advanced 13 bills from second to third reading during a morning floor session.
The Senate concurred with the House amendments and completed action on House Bill 2201, which would require the Public Service Commission to adopt certain net metering and interconnection rules and standards. This bill was originally vetoed by the Governor due to technical errors. The Senate also concurred with the House amendments and completed action on Senate Bill 175, which authorizes DHHR to promulgate legislative rules and Senate Bill 187, which would authorize the Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules. House Bill 2099 also completed. The law would extend the time of meetings of local levying bodies when meetings are delayed.
Senate Bill 389 was one of the 11 bills to pass and move to the House for consideration. The bill, which was recently vetoed by the Governor due to technical errors, relates to the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers license renewals and reinstatements.
Senate Bill 423, the bill to amend the Aboveground Storage Tank Act, was moved to the foot of bills on first reading. Senate Bill 14, which creates the Public Charter Schools Act of 2015, was laid over again and is tenatively scheduled to be taken up on Monday.
The Senate is in recess until 1:30 p.m.
UPDATE:
The Senate met briefly Saturday afternoon to pass Senate Bill 423, which amends the Aboveground Storage Tank Act. The bill now heads to the House for consideration.
The Senate also advanced 18 bills from first to second reading.
The Senate is in recess until tomorrow at 3 p.m.
Judiciary was planning to meet following adjournment in 208W
