Virginia Senate Bill 742 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 15 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-08 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Expungement of offenses civil penalty. Provides for the automatic sealing of misdemeanor marijuana offenses and the petition-based sealing for certain felony marijuana offenses. The bill requires a business screening service, defined in the bill, to destroy all expunged records, as defined in the bill, and to follow reasonable procedures to ensure that it does not maintain or sell expunged records. The bill also provides that any petition for expungement shall be kept under seal and that an indigent person may file a petition for expungement without the payment of fees and costs and can request court-appointed counsel, who shall be paid from the Sealing Fee Fund. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the sealing provisions of the bill. Expungement of offenses civil penalty. Provides for the automatic sealing of misdemeanor marijuana offenses and the petition-based sealing for certain felony marijuana offenses. The bill requires a business screening service, defined in the bill, to destroy all expunged records, as defined in the bill, and to follow reasonable procedures to ensure that it does not maintain or sell expunged records. The bill also provides that any petition for expungement shall be kept under seal and that an indigent person may file a petition for expungement without the payment of fees and costs and can request court-appointed counsel, who shall be paid from the Sealing Fee Fund. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the sealing provisions of the bill.

Marijuana; expungement of offenses, civil penalty.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2022-03-04 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) (Y: 3 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2022-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) (Y: 13 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendments (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-08	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2022-03-04	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
2022-02-27	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-02-22	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-02-22	House	Read first time
2022-02-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2022-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-15	Senate	Printed as engrossed 22104596D-E
2022-02-15	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB742E
2022-02-15	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2022-02-15	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2022-02-15	Senate	Read second time
2022-02-14	Senate	Passed by for the day
2022-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-10	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N)
2022-02-07	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2022-02-07	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
2022-01-21	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-01-21	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 22104596D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	1	205.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.12	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.16	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	128	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB742
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB742+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB742E+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105481A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+SB742AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB742F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB742FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S03V0129+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S05V0207+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0359SB0742+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0457SB0742+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0469SB0742+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0801V0432+SB0742