VA HB816 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-05 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Department of Criminal Justice Services; criminal cases; data collection and reporting standards; report. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to create uniform reporting mechanisms for appropriate criminal justice agencies in every locality to collect data relating to criminal defendants, alleged criminal offenses, bail determinations, and sentencing in criminal cases in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that collected data shall be disaggregated by locality and by individual and that in order to maintain anonymity of the individual, localities shall use a unique identifier to identify each individual. The bill sets out the minimum data the Department is required to collect. The bill requires the Department to submit an annual report on the data collected to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 and requires that the annual report be posted on the General Assembly's and the Department's website.

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Title

DCJS; criminal cases, data collection and reporting standards.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2020-02-05HouseIncorporated by Courts of Justice
2020-02-03HouseSubcommittee recommends incorporating (HB922-Carroll Foy) by voice vote
2020-02-02HouseAssigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-16HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-16HouseReferred from General Laws by voice vote
2020-01-07HouseReferred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-07HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104979D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
91116.6(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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