Virginia House Bill 634 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 1 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-19 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Two-way video testimony; reports by Chief Medical Examiner. Provides that any testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, from the Chief Medical Examiner, his assistants, or medical examiners who performed a medicolegal investigation of death or postmortem examination may be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill provides that any decision to purchase a two-way electronic video and audio communication system is at the discretion of the locality.

Two-way video testimony; reports by Chief Medical Examiner.

Del. Chris Hurst [D]

2018-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-19	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
2018-02-19	Senate	Committee amendments
2018-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-02	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-02	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-01	House	Read second time and engrossed
2018-01-31	House	Read first time
2018-01-29	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2018-01-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101592D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	188	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB634
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB634+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0801V0008+HB0634
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H08V0038+HB0634
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0244+HB0634
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0342+HB0634