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VAHB653VetoAdoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; violent felony offenses. Removes certain felony offenses from the list of violent felony offenses for the adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints.
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2024-05-17
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
VAHB824VetoRate of fees; legal representation of indigent defendant. Limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would...
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2024-05-17
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
VAHB77VetoRobbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code referencing robbery to the degrees of robbery offenses established by Chapter 534 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. These changes include: (i) limiting to the three higher degrees of ...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB243VetoJudicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms in courthouses. Requires that paper copies of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission or by the Department of Magistrate Servic...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1264VetoJuvenile fines, costs, and fees; traffic infractions; judicial discretion. Provides that any court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or guardian in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related to ...
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2024-04-17
House sustained Governor's veto
VASB448VetoCannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
VASB504VetoExpungement of police and court records. Provides that, for the purposes of expungement of police and court records, the term "otherwise dismissed" means to render a legal action out of consideration in a different way or manner than a nolle prosequi...
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2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1249PassSecurity for costs; suit or action by nonresident. Provides that in any plaintiff's suit or action by a nonresident of the Commonwealth, including a counterclaim plaintiff, cross-claim plaintiff, or third-party plaintiff, the court may order upon a m...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)
VAHB310PassMaximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by o...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)
VASB710PassMaximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by o...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0606)
VASB509PassCourt of Appeals; appeal of interlocutory orders. Provides that certain interlocutory orders shall not be appealable to the Court of Appeals unless the circuit court grants a party's motion to certify such order for interlocutory appeal.
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2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424)
VAHB1396PassDays of operation of clerks' offices; clerks' authority to close office. Allows the clerk of the circuit court of any county or city to close the clerk's office on (i) Christmas Eve; (ii) any day or portion of a day that the Governor declares as a ho...
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2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)
VASB736PassDays of operation of clerks' offices; clerks' authority to close office. Allows the clerk of the circuit court of any county or city to close the clerk's office on (i) Christmas Eve; (ii) any day or portion of a day that the Governor declares as a ho...
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2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521)
VAHB633PassForced labor or service; penalties. Expands the offense of abduction to penalize any person who, by force, intimidation or deception, and without legal justification or excuse, obtains the labor or services of another, or seizes, takes, transports, d...
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2024-04-03
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)
VAHB414Engross

Sine Die
Land records; recording and indexing fees. Provides that no clerk of a circuit court shall assess separate recording and indexing fees for one document that contains two or more instruments that may serve independent legal purposes, including a recor...
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2024-02-27
Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
VAHB1263Engross

Sine Die
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related...
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2024-02-27
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
VAHB1263Engross

Prefile
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related...
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2024-02-27
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
VAHB51Intro

Sine Die
Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult. The bill also makes it a Class 5 felony to solicit prostituti...
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2024-02-13
To House Courts of Justice Committee
VAHB379Intro

Sine Die
Sentencing guidelines; violent felony offenses; purchasing or selling of minors. Adds the crime of purchasing or selling of minors to the list of violent felony offenses.
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2024-02-13
To House Courts of Justice Committee
VAHB394Intro

Sine Die
Capital murder; death penalty. Authorizes punishment by death for capital murder. The bill also provides that the Supreme Court of Virginia shall give priority to the review of cases in which the sentence of death has been imposed over other cases pe...
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2024-02-13
To House Courts of Justice Committee
VAHB1228Intro

Sine Die
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; court records; online access to case management systems. Provides that if a clerk of the circuit court provides secure remote access to nonconfidential court records, the clerk shall, by a signed agreement wit...
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2024-02-13
To House Appropriations Committee
VAHB1521Intro

Sine Die
Civil cases; payment of jurors. Provides that Civil cases; payment of jurors. Provides that jurors in all civil cases shall be paid by one or both of the parties at the discretion of the presiding judge. Under current law, such payment is made by the...
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2024-02-13
To House Courts of Justice Committee
VAHB1343Intro

Sine Die
Civil jurisdiction of general district courts and circuit courts; transfer. Provides that while a matter is pending in general district court, upon motion of either the plaintiff or defendant seeking to increase the amount of the claim, the court is ...
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2024-02-13
To House Courts of Justice Committee
VAHB154Intro

Sine Die
Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from four to five the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
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2024-02-07
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
VASB481Intro

Sine Die
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
VASB481Intro

Prefile
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
VAHB556Intro

Sine Die
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; membership; training requirements; Commission staff; JLARC study; report. Increases the membership of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (the Commission) from seven to nine members and reduces from 15 t...
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2024-02-01
To House Rules Committee
VAHB556Intro

Prefile
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; membership; training requirements; Commission staff; JLARC study; report. Increases the membership of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (the Commission) from seven to nine members and reduces from 15 t...
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2024-02-01
To House Rules Committee
VASB700Intro

Sine Die
Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult. The bill also makes it a Class 5 felony to solicit prostituti...
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2024-01-31
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
VASB82Intro

Sine Die
Concealed handgun permit; concealed weapons permit. Changes the concealed handgun permit to a concealed weapons permit. The bill provides that a person who obtains a concealed weapons permit may carry such concealed weapons in any place where a perso...
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2024-01-22
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
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