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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course. [HB-1853]
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[Criminal Justice ]
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Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course. Creates the Virginia Firearms Safety and Training for Sexual and Domestic Violence Victims Fund. The bill provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services may distribute funds from the Fund to reimburse an entity that offers a firearms safety or training course or class approved by the Department free of charge to victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking, or family abuse. The Department would not be permitted to issue reimbursements in excess of the amount
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Morris
(67 Affirmative Votes Required To Override) on 04/05/2017
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Circuit court; failure to appear in accordance with condition of bail, etc. [HB-1765]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Appeal to circuit court; failure to appear. Provides that if any person convicted of a misdemeanor in a general district court, a juvenile and domestic relations district court, or a court of limited jurisdiction perfects an appeal and (i) fails to appear in circuit court at the time for setting the appeal for trial, (ii) fails to appear in circuit court on the trial date, or (iii) absconds from the jurisdiction, the circuit court shall enter an order affirming the judgment of the lower court, and the clerk shall tax the costs as provided by statute.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bulova
Read Second Time on 02/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Judges; increases number in general district court in 25th Judicial District. [SB-1065]
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[Criminal Justice ]
General district court judges; 25th Judicial District. Increases from three to four the number of judges in the general district court of the 25th Judicial District effective July 1, 2017. Current law creates this seat effective July 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Stricken At The Request Of Patron In Courts Of Justice (15-y 0-n) on 01/18/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Effect of divorce proceedings; transfer of matters to the juvenile and domestic relations court. [HB-1692]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Effect of divorce proceedings; transfer of matters to the juvenile and domestic relations district court; concurrent jurisdiction. Provides that, where a circuit court enters a divorce decree and transfers certain matters to the juvenile and domestic relations district court, the circuit court is not deprived of concurrent jurisdiction to hear such matters. The bill requires that any motions in the circuit court filed regarding such matters be heard by the circuit court after such transfer, unless the parties agree otherwise. The bill allows the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Collins
Failed To Pass In Senate on 02/25/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
City of Richmond general district court; concurrent criminal jurisdiction. [HB-1652]
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[Public Safety ]
City of Richmond general district court; concurrent criminal jurisdiction. Provides that the separate division of the City of Richmond general district court that is operated south of the James River shall have concurrent jurisdiction over criminal matters arising in that part of the city, not exclusive jurisdiction over such matters. This bill is identical to SB 1273.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Loupassi
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0037) on 02/17/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Failure to obey highway sign where driver sleeping or resting; prepayable offense. [SB-1021]
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[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Failure to obey highway sign; driver stopped on highway shoulder to sleep or rest; prepayable offense. Provides that a violation of a highway sign where a driver has parked or stopped his vehicle on the shoulder of the highway in order to sleep or rest is a prepayable offense unless such vehicle is parked or stopped in such manner as to impede or render dangerous the shoulder or other portion of the highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0504) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Foster care; definitions, reasonable efforts to prevent removal of child. [HB-1604]
[Children and Youth ]
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Foster care; reasonable efforts to prevent removal of child. Allows a local board of social services to take a child into immediate custody pursuant to an emergency removal order in cases in which the child is alleged to have been abused or neglected and allows a court to issue certain orders in such cases, without requiring that reasonable efforts be made to prevent removal of the child from his home if (i) the parental residual rights of the child's parent over a sibling were involuntarily terminated; (ii) the parent was convicted of murder or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0190) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; transmission of order to child's school. [HB-1586]
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[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; transmission of order to child's school. Provides that, in any custody or visitation case in which an order prohibiting a party from picking a child up from school is entered, the court shall order a party to provide a copy of such order to the child's school within three business days of the receipt of the order. The bill requires that, where a custody determination affects a child's school enrollment, the court order a party to provide a copy of the custody order to the child's new school within
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0509) on 03/16/2017
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Substitute judges. [SB-928]
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[Criminal Justice ]
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Substitute judges. Removes the prohibition against substitute judges sitting in the courts in which they regularly practice.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0650) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession. [SB-908]
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[Criminal Justice ]
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Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession. Decriminalizes marijuana possession and provides a civil penalty of no more than $250 for a first violation and $1,000 for a second or subsequent violation. Under current law, a first offense is punishable by a maximum fine of $500 and a maximum 30-day jail sentence, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that a person who possesses no more than one-half ounce of marijuana possesses it for personal use and provides that the existing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 01/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Substitute judges; appointment to district courts. [HB-1523]
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Appointment of substitute judges; district courts. Requires substitute judges for the general district and juvenile and domestic relations district courts to be appointed by the chief judges of those courts instead of the chief judge of the circuit court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Child support orders; special needs trust or ABLE savings trust account. [HB-1492]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Child support orders; special needs trust; ABLE savings trust account. Provides that, upon the request of either party, a court may order that support payments be made to a special needs trust or an ABLE savings trust account.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0095) on 02/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Preliminary protective orders; contents of order. [SB-861]
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Preliminary protective orders; contents of order. Provides that if a preliminary protective order is issued in an ex parte hearing where the petition for the order is supported by sworn testimony and not an affidavit or a completed form submitted with an emergency protective order request, the court issuing the order shall state in the order the basis on which the order was entered, including a summary of the allegations made and the court's findings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Tabled In Courts Of Justice By Voice Vote on 02/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Custody and visitation orders; use of term parenting time. [HB-1456]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Custody and visitation orders; parenting time. Provides that the court, in its discretion and as to a parent, may use the phrase "parenting time" to be synonymous with the term "visitation" in a custody or visitation order.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0046) on 02/17/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Privately retained counsel; rules and regulations, client's failure to pay. [HB-1411]
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[Ethics ]
[Crime ]
Withdrawal of privately retained counsel. Allows a privately retained counsel in a criminal case to withdraw from representation without leave of court after certification of a charge by a district court by providing written notice within 10 days of the certification to the client, the attorney for the Commonwealth, and the circuit court, provided such withdrawal occurs pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the attorney and the client. The bill also directs the Judicial Council to review the current process for withdrawal of privately
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0774) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Guardian ad litem; standards for those appointed in custody & visitation cases, certification form. [HB-1241]
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Standards for guardians ad litem appointed in custody and visitation cases; certification form; substitute judges in custody and visitation proceedings. The bill requires a guardian ad litem appointed in a custody or visitation case to submit to the court a form certifying that he has complied with all applicable standards. The bill directs the Judicial Council of Virginia, in conjunction with the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association, to promulgate such a form by July 1, 2017. The bill prohibits a substitute judge from presiding over
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Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/01/2016
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Interpleader; earnest money deposits. [SB-509]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
Interpleader; earnest money deposits. Allows the general district court, in an interpleader case involving an earnest money deposit held in escrow by a real estate broker, to escheat the funds to the Commonwealth to be credited to the Virginia Housing Trust Fund upon default of one or more of the stakeholders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course. [HB-768]
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Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services may distribute funds from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund to reimburse an entity that offers a firearms safety or training course or class approved by the Department free of charge to victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking, and family abuse. The bill also requires that, upon the issuance of a protective order, the petitioner for the order be provided with a list of such approved courses
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Miyares
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Reckless driving; right to appeal. [HB-75]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Reckless driving; right to appeal. Extends from 10 days to one year from the date of conviction the time during which a person who is convicted of a misdemeanor offense of reckless driving has a right to appeal such conviction if he was tried in his absence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Campbell
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/01/2016