VA HB634 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
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]
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]
Summary
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.
Title
Two-way video testimony; reports by Chief Medical Examiner.
Sponsors
| Del. Chris Hurst [D] |
Roll Calls
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]
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]
History
| 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 |
