Virginia House Bill 1213 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 4 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0144)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Authority of local government employees to issue summonses for misdemeanor violations of local ordinances. Permits localities to appoint and train local government employees to enforce local ordinances by issuing summonses for misdemeanor violations of ordinances that are within the scope of the employee's employment with the exception of traffic offenses and those offenses set forth in Title 18.2, Crimes and Offenses Generally. The bill provides that such employees shall not have the power and authority of constables at common law and their power shall be limited to issuing such summonses in their locality.

Summonses; authority of local government employees to issue for violations of local ordinances.

Del. Steve Heretick [D]

2020-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0144)
2020-03-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 144 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
2020-02-26	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
2020-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1213ER)
2020-02-21	House	Enrolled
2020-02-19	House	VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108191D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-17	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1213S1
2020-02-17	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108191D-S1
2020-02-17	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108191D-S1
2020-02-12	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Printed as engrossed 20102237D-E
2020-02-05	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1213E
2020-02-05	House	Amendment by Delegate Heretick agreed to
2020-02-05	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-05	House	Read second time
2020-02-04	House	Read first time
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (19-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102237D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1512.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1213
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1213+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1213E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1213S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1213ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0144+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0053+HB1213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0123+HB1213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0541+HB1213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0309+HB1213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0655HB1213+HB1213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0660HB1213+HB1213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1001+HB1213