Bill Text: VA HB1364 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Closed preliminary hearings; child pornography, etc., case.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-12 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (5-Y 9-N) [HB1364 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB1364-Introduced.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 1364
Offered January 11, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-67.8 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to closed preliminary hearings.
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Patron-- Toscano
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-67.8 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-67.8. Closed preliminary hearings.
In preliminary hearings for offenses charged under this
article or under §§
18.2-361, 18.2-366, 18.2-370 or §, 18.2-370.1, 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1, 18.2-374.3, or
18.2-386.1, the court may, on its own motion or at the
request of the Commonwealth, the complaining witness, the accused, or their
counsel, exclude from the courtroom all persons except officers of the court
and persons whose presence, in the judgment of the court, would be supportive
of the complaining witness or the accused and would not impair the conduct of a
fair hearing.
