Virginia Senate Bill 421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-03 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Hearsay; exception; children; certain sexual related offenses. Establishes a hearsay exception to out-of-court statements made by a child under the age of 10 in certain sexual related offenses, including sexual assault, sex trafficking, and pornography cases. The child must either testify at the proceeding or meet the definition of "unavailable." The court must hold a hearing prior to trial and find that the time, content, and circumstances provide sufficient indicia of reliability. The bill provides factors for the court to consider in making such a determination. Written notice of intent to offer the statement and a summary of the statement must be given to the adverse party at least 14 days in advance of the proceedings.

Children; admissibility of statements in sexual offenses.

Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

2016-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-03	Senate	Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2016-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101427D

SB358 (Similar To) 2016-03-29 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	268.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB421
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB421+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0184+SB0421