Virginia House Bill 500 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 11 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Admissibility of certificates of analysis at preliminary hearing; trial. Provides that at any preliminary hearing, certificates of analysis and reports prepared by lab analysts, etc., shall be admissible without the testimony of the person preparing such certificate or report. The bill also provides that when such an analyst appears in court on the day of trial to testify, the certificate of analysis shall be admissible. In addition the bill requires a defendant who demands the testimony of an analyst to pay $50 in court costs for expenses related to the analyst's appearance if the defendant is convicted. This bill incorporates

Preliminary hearing; admissibility of certificates of analysis at hearing and trial.

Del. Todd Gilbert [R]

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

2010-03-11 - House - House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (95-Y 1-N) (Y: 97 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-10 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N) (Y: 35 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)
2010-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/10)
2010-03-25		Senate: Signed by President
2010-03-22		House: Signed by Speaker
2010-03-22		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB500ER)
2010-03-22		House: Enrolled
2010-03-11		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (95-Y 1-N)
2010-03-11		House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 10105487D-S1 (95-Y 1-N)
2010-03-10		House: Placed on Calendar
2010-03-10		Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N)
2010-03-10		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB500S1
2010-03-10		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10105487D-S1
2010-03-10		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2010-03-10		Senate: Read third time
2010-03-09		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2010-03-08		Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105487D-S1
2010-03-08		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
2010-02-25		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2010-02-17		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-02-17		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2010-02-16		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2010-02-16		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2010-02-15		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB500H1
2010-02-15		House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104401D-H1
2010-02-15		House: Read second time
2010-02-12		House: Read first time
2010-02-10		House: Committee substitute printed 10104401D-H1
2010-02-10		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2010-02-08		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
2010-01-15		House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2010-01-12		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-12		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101779D

HB456 (Similar To) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	183	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	187.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB500
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB500+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB500H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB500S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB500ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0555+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H0801V0099+HB0500
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H08V0166+HB0500
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV0678+HB0500
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+S03V0264+HB0500
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0736HB0500+HB0500
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0798HB0500+HB0500
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV1576+HB0500