State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders, delayed admission to determine med. needs. [HB-808]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders; delayed admission to determine medical needs. Allows state psychiatric hospitals to delay admission of an individual under a temporary detention order until the state psychiatric hospital has determined that the individual does not have potentially life-threatening medical needs that require immediate evaluation and treatment that the state psychiatric hospital is incapable of providing. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and the Behavioral Health
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HB-808: State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders, delayed admission to determine med. needs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Passed By For The Day on 02/13/2024
Minors; parental admission for inpatient treatment. [HB-772]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Parental admission of minors for inpatient treatment. Clarifies that for the purposes of admission of a minor to a willing mental health facility for inpatient treatment, the finding required to be made by a qualified evaluator that the minor appears to have a mental illness serious enough to warrant inpatient treatment may include a finding of substance abuse and such inpatient treatment may be related to such mental illness, which may include substance abuse. The bill also specifies that a temporary detention order shall not be required for a
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HB-772: Minors; parental admission for inpatient treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karrie Delaney
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0695) on 04/08/2024
Juveniles; expungement of court records. [HB-803]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Expungement of juvenile court records. Provides that if a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult, other than certain felony offenses specified in the bill committed when such juvenile was 14 years of age or older, the court records shall be destroyed when the juvenile has attained the age of 29. The bill provides that if a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent of one of the felony offenses specified in the bill committed when such juvenile was 14 years of age or older, the court records
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HB-803: Juveniles; expungement of court records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Small claims court; representation of certain entities. [HB-934]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Small claims court; representation of certain entities. Adds limited liability companies and other legal or commercial entities to those parties that may have representation by an owner, a general partner, an officer, a member, or an employee of such company or entity in small claims court. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
HB-934: Small claims court; representation of certain entities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Destiny LeVere Bolling
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0058) on 03/08/2024
Attorneys appointed to represent parents or guardians; qualifications and performance. [HB-893]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Standards for attorneys appointed to represent parents or guardians; child dependency cases; compensation; multidisciplinary law offices or programs; report. Requires the Judicial Council of Virginia, in conjunction with the Virginia State Bar, beginning July 1, 2026, to adopt standards for the qualification and performance of attorneys appointed to represent a parent or guardian of a child when such child is the subject of a child dependency case, as defined in the bill. The bill also requires the Judicial Council of Virginia, beginning July 1,
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HB-893: Attorneys appointed to represent parents or guardians; qualifications and performance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0428) on 04/04/2024
Zoning appeals, board of; appeal to general district court. [HB-683]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Board of zoning appeals; appeal to general district court. Provides that in the case of an appeal from the board of zoning appeals of an order, requirement, decision, or determination of a zoning administrator, a person aggrieved by any such order, requirement, decision, or determination may file the petition with the clerk of the general district court that shall have jurisdiction to hear such appeal.
HB-683: Zoning appeals, board of; appeal to general district court.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/13/2024
Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records, law-enforcement access, victim notification. [HB-635]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records; law-enforcement access; victim notification. Provides access to confidential Department of Juvenile Justice records to (i) any full-time or part-time employee of the Department of State Police or of a police department or sheriff's office that is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and who is responsible for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth having a need for juvenile offense history or identifying information
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HB-635: Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records, law-enforcement access, victim notification.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Obenshain
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
Aggregated, nonconfidential case data; requests for reports for academic research. [SB-236]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requests for reports of aggregated, nonconfidential case data; academic research. Allows a full-time faculty member of a baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to request for the purposes of academic research, provided that such academic research has been approved through such public institution's institutional review board, a report for aggregated, nonconfidential case data for garnishment, unlawful detainer, and warrant in debt actions in a general district court. The bill provides that such report may include
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SB-236: Aggregated, nonconfidential case data; requests for reports for academic research.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records, law-enforcement access, victim notification. [SB-208]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records; law-enforcement access; victim notification. Provides access to confidential Department of Juvenile Justice records to (i) any full-time or part-time employee of the Department of State Police or of a police department or sheriff's office that is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and who is responsible for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth having a need for juvenile offense history or identifying information
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SB-208: Juveniles; confidentiality of Department records, law-enforcement access, victim notification.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.D. Diggs
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (9-y 6-n) on 01/24/2024
Protective orders; venue. [SB-211]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the party protected by the protective order resided at the time of such violation.
SB-211: Protective orders; venue.
Sponsored by: Sen. Russet Perry
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0118) on 03/20/2024
Minor; petition for child in need of services or supervision. [HB-470]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Petition for child in need of services or in need of supervision. Authorizes a guardian ad litem representing a child to file a petition for such child alleging he is in need of services or in need of supervision. The bill also provides that if an intake officer refuses to file a petition alleging that a child is in need of services or in need of supervision when such petition is sought by the parent or legal guardian of such child, he shall provide a written explanation that details the reasons for such refusal and shall provide information to
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HB-470: Minor; petition for child in need of services or supervision.
Sponsored by: Rep. Fernando Martinez
Failed To Pass In House on 03/09/2024
Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks, financial disclosure. [HB-431]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks; financial disclosure. Requires that prior to an appointment as a pro tempore judge, a person submit his fingerprints for a national and Virginia criminal history record search, submit to a search of the central registry maintained by the Department of Social Services for founded complaints of child abuse and neglect, and provide a written statement of economic interests. The bill prohibits any person with a criminal felony conviction from being appointed as a pro tempore judge. Pro
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HB-431: Pro tempore judicial appointments; criminal background checks, financial disclosure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jonathan Arnold
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0723) on 04/08/2024
Custodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section, inadmissibility of statement. [HB-266]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Custodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section; inadmissibility of statement. Provides that if a law-enforcement officer knowingly fails to comply with existing law regarding parental notification and contact prior to a custodial interrogation of a child, any statements made by such child shall be inadmissible in any delinquency proceeding or criminal proceeding against such child, unless the attorney for the Commonwealth proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the statement was made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily.
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HB-266: Custodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section, inadmissibility of statement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0719) on 04/08/2024
Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit. [HB-310]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Maximum 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 one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the First, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia.
HB-310: Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0525) on 04/05/2024
Drug Treatment Court Act; renames the Act as the Recovery Court Act. [HB-292]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Drug Treatment Court Act; name change. Renames the Drug Treatment Court Act as the Recovery Court Act. The bill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to rename the state Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee as the Recovery Court Advisory Committee.
HB-292: Drug Treatment Court Act; renames the Act as the Recovery Court Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0025) on 03/08/2024
Juveniles; evidence of trafficking, sexual abuse, or rape by the alleged victim. [HB-268]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Juveniles; evidence of trafficking, sexual abuse, or rape by the alleged victim prior to or during the commission of the alleged offense; treatment and rehabilitation. Requires a juvenile and domestic relations district court, when determining whether to retain jurisdiction of a juvenile defendant during a transfer hearing, to consider any evidence that such juvenile was a victim of felonious sexual assault or trafficking by the alleged victim prior to or during the commission of the alleged offense and that such alleged offense was a direct result
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HB-268: Juveniles; evidence of trafficking, sexual abuse, or rape by the alleged victim.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0365) on 04/03/2024
Protective orders; prohibits parent of a minor from filing a petition for family abuse, etc. [HB-295]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Protective order in case of family abuse; parents; minors. Prohibits the parent of a minor from filing a petition for a family abuse protective order against such minor, or from filing as next friend on behalf of his minor child against another of his minor children, provided that the minor has not otherwise been emancipated pursuant to law.
HB-295: Protective orders; prohibits parent of a minor from filing a petition for family abuse, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Fernando Martinez
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
Protective order in case of family abuse; termination of temporary order of child support. [HB-294]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Protective order in case of family abuse; termination of temporary order of child support. Provides that when a court includes a temporary child support order with the issuance of a protective order in the case of family abuse, such temporary child support order shall terminate when a court determines child support in a subsequent proceeding or when the protective order expires, whichever occurs first. Current law requires that such temporary child support order terminate only after a court determines child support in a subsequent proceeding. This
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HB-294: Protective order in case of family abuse; termination of temporary order of child support.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Ballard
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0026) on 03/08/2024
Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation, possession or consumption of authorized substances. [SB-115]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation; possession or consumption of authorized substances. Provides that a child shall not be considered an abused or neglected child, and no person shall be denied custody or visitation of a child, based only on the fact that the child's parent or other person responsible for his care, or the person petitioning for custody or visitation of the child, possessed or consumed legally authorized substances. The bill directs the Board of Social Services to amend its regulations, guidance documents, and other
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SB-115: Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation, possession or consumption of authorized substances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024