VA SB142 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-05 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-05 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Appeal to circuit court; failure to appear. Provides that a person's failure to appear in circuit court in accordance with the condition of his bail, recognizance, or promise to appear constitutes a withdrawal of an appeal, provided that the person is notified in writing at the time he notes his appeal that his failure to appear in circuit court constitutes a withdrawal of the appeal. The bill also provides that within 60 days of entering an order affirming the judgment of a district court based on a person's failure to appear, a person who fails to appear may request the court to vacate its order if such failure to appear was not willful.
Title
Circuit court; failure to appear in accordance with condition of bail, etc.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2018-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2018-02-05 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N) |
2017-12-27 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2017-12-27 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103818D |
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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16 | 1 | 133 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
16 | 1 | 133.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
19 | 2 | 258 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |