Virginia House Bill 1545 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 20 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Delayed appeals in criminal cases; assignment of errors dismissed in part. Provides that an appellant may file a motion for leave to pursue a delayed appeal in a criminal case in the Court of Appeals of Virginia when the appeal was dismissed, in whole or in part, for a failure to (i) initiate the appeal; (ii) adhere to proper form, procedures, or time limits in the perfection of the appeal; or (iii) file the indispensable transcript or written statement of facts, even if other parts of the appeal were refused on the merits. Under current law, an appellant may not pursue a delayed appeal in such a case if part of the appeal was refused on the merits. The bill also provides that an appellant may file a motion for leave to pursue a delayed appeal in a criminal case that is appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia from the Court of Appeals of Virginia for those assignments of error that were dismissed because they did not adhere to a proper form, even if other assignments of error were refused on the merits. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill is identical to SB 853.

Criminal cases; delayed appeals, assignments of errors dismissed in part.

Del. Christopher Collins [R]

2017-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-26 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-20 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-20		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)
2017-02-20		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 77 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
2017-02-13	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
2017-02-13	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-10	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-10	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1545ER)
2017-02-10	House	Enrolled
2017-02-08	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2017-02-08	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-06	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2017-01-27	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-01-26	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2017-01-26	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2017-01-25	House	Printed as engrossed 17101710D-E
2017-01-25	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1545E
2017-01-25	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2017-01-25	House	Read second time
2017-01-24	House	Read first time
2017-01-20	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
2017-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (11-Y 0-N)
2017-01-13	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2016-12-29	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-12-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101710D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	321.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	321.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1545
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1545+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1545E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1545ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0077+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0801V0016+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H08V0039+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1604+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0210+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0390HB1545+HB1545
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0415HB1545+HB1545