Virginia House Bill 499 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Regular grand jury; provisions for court reporter; use and disposition of notes, tapes, and transcriptions. Provides that a court reporter shall be provided for a regular grand jury to record, manually or electronically, and transcribe all oral testimony taken before a regular grand jury, but such reporter shall not be present during any stage of its deliberations. The bill provides that the foreman shall cause the notes, tapes, and transcriptions of the court reporter to be sealed, the container dated and delivered to the court, and that the court shall cause the sealed container to be kept safely. The bill provides for certain circumstances in which the court may authorize disclosure of such sealed notes, tapes, and transcriptions. Regular grand jury; provisions for court reporter; use and disposition of notes, tapes, and transcriptions. Provides that a court reporter shall be provided for a regular grand jury to record, manually or electronically, and transcribe all oral testimony taken before a regular grand jury, but such reporter shall not be present during any stage of its deliberations. The bill provides that the foreman shall cause the notes, tapes, and transcriptions of the court reporter to be sealed, the container dated and delivered to the court, and that the court shall cause the sealed container to be kept safely. The bill provides for certain circumstances in which the court may authorize disclosure of such sealed notes, tapes, and transcriptions.

Grand jury, regular; provisions for court reporter, use and disposition of notes, etc.

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

2022-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2022-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2022-02-03	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101915D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	202.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB499
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB499+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB499F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0803V0002+HB0499