Virginia House Bill 2283 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Juvenile court; appointment of counsel; waiver. Prohibits any child age 15 and younger who is alleged to be in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent from waiving his right to an attorney. The bill also requires any child who is age 16 or older and is alleged to be in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent to consult with an attorney before such child may waive his right to an attorney. Additionally, a court must determine that such waiver is free and voluntary. Under current law, any child may waive his right to an attorney, and consultation with an attorney and a court determination of a free and voluntary waiver are required only when such child is charged with an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult.

Juvenile court; appointment of counsel, waiver.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2019-01-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2019-01-14	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103902D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	266	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2283
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2283+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0801V0010+HB2283