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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Marijuana; expungement of offenses, civil penalty. [SB-742] [Cannabis ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/08/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency. [HB-1248] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency. Specifies that a delinquent child is a child 11 years of age or older who has committed a delinquent act. Currently, there is no minimum age for a child to be adjudicated delinquent. The bill provides that if a juvenile younger than 11 years of age is found to have committed a delinquent act, the juvenile shall not be proceeded upon as delinquent; however, the court may make any orders of disposition authorized for a child in need of services or a child in need of supervision.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principals. [SB-649] [Education ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principals. Changes from discretionary to mandatory that the chief of police of a city or chief of police or sheriff of a county disclose to a school principal all instances where a juvenile at the principal's school has been charged with a violent juvenile felony, an arson offense, or a concealed weapon offense and adds an offense that requires a juvenile intake officer to make a report with the school division superintendent to the list of such instances that must be disclosed to a school (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0542) on 04/11/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Minor victims of sex trafficking; arrest and prosecution. [HB-1213] [Crime ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Minor victims of sex trafficking; arrest and prosecution; services. Provides that no minor shall be subject to arrest, delinquency charges, or prosecution for (i) a status offense, (ii) an act that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult, or (iii) an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult other than a violent juvenile felony if the minor (a) is a victim of sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking and (b) committed such offense as a direct result of being solicited, invited, recruited, encouraged, forced, intimidated, or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angelia Williams Graves Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Civil actions; health care bills and records. [SB-633] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Health ] [Data Privacy ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Criminal Justice ]
Civil actions; health care bills and records. Defines the term "bill" for the purposes of evidence of medical services provided in certain civil actions as any statement of charges, an invoice, or any other form prepared by a health care provider or its agent, or third-party agent, identifying the costs of health care services provided. The bill also clarifies the procedures for introducing evidence of medical reports, statements, or records of a health care provider by affidavit in general district court.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0470) on 04/11/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Civil actions; health care bills and records. [HB-1145] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Health ] [Data Privacy ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Criminal Justice ]
Civil actions; health care bills and records. Defines the term "bill" for the purposes of evidence of medical services provided in certain civil actions as any statement of charges, an invoice, or any other form prepared by a health care provider or its agent, or third-party agent, identifying the costs of health care services provided. The bill also clarifies the procedures for introducing evidence of medical reports, statements, or records of a health care provider by affidavit in general district court.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0469) on 04/11/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Juvenile boot camps; eliminates authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish. [SB-546] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Department of Juvenile Justice; juvenile boot camps. Eliminates the authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish juvenile boot camps and the ability of a court to order a juvenile adjudicated delinquent to attend such a boot camp.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0415) on 04/11/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Appeals bond; removes requirement for indigent parties to post, appeal of unlawful detainer. [SB-474] [Housing ] [Poverty ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Requirement for appeals bond; indigent parties; appeal of unlawful detainer. Removes the requirement for an indigent defendant, as defined in the bill, to post an appeal bond in an unlawful detainer action appealed from the general district court.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/27/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Foster care placements; court review, best interests of the child. [SB-396] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Foster care placements; court review. Provides that the juvenile and domestic relations district court has the authority to review a child's status in foster care or review a foster care plan. The bill requires a foster care plan to describe in writing an assessment of the stability of proposed placements, the services provided or plans for services to be provided to address placement instability, and a description of other placements that were considered for the child. Foster care placements; court review. Provides that the juvenile and domestic (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0305) on 04/11/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Clerk of the court; copies of appointment order to counsel. [SB-392] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Copies of orders to counsel. Provides that the clerk of the court shall provide a copy of the appointment order of a qualified expert to an indigent defendant or his attorney and to the appointed expert. The bill also provides that the chief judge of each juvenile and domestic relations district court may provide for an alternative means of copying and distributing certain juvenile investigative reports or evaluations to counsel.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0543) on 04/11/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Parental rights; termination, murder of a child. [SB-412] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Termination of parental rights; murder of child. Requires the court to terminate the parental rights of a parent upon finding, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that termination of parental rights is in the best interests of the child and that the parent has been convicted of an offense under the laws of the Commonwealth or a substantially similar law of any other state, the United States, or any foreign jurisdiction that constitutes murder or voluntary manslaughter, or a felony attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any such offense, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey Continued To 2023 In Judiciary (13-y 0-n) on 02/09/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Child support; interest on arrearages. [HB-1058] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Interest on child support arrearages. Provides that no interest shall accrue on arrearages for child support obligations when the order for such support was entered on or after July 1, 2022.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Aijalon Cordoza Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Abortion; basis of genetic disorder, sex, or ethnicity prohibited, penalty. [HB-983] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Criminal Justice ]
Provision of abortion; abortion on the basis of genetic disorder, sex, or ethnicity prohibited; penalty. Removes from the list of persons who can perform first trimester abortions any person jointly licensed by the Board of Medicine and Nursing as a nurse practitioner acting within such person's scope of practice. The bill adds procedures and processes, including the performance of an ultrasound, required to effect a pregnant person's informed written consent to the performance of an abortion. The bill adds language classifying facilities that perform (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Scott Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Child custody, visitation, and placement; best interests of the child. [HB-856] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Child custody, visitation, and placement; best interests of the child. Requires consideration of a child's attachment to a parent or guardian when determining the best interests of the child. The bill defines "attachment" as an aspect of the child's relationship with a parent or guardian that promotes the child's use of the parent or guardian as a secure base from which to explore, learn, and relate and to feel value, security, comfort, familiarity, and continuity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid Stricken From Docket By Courts Of Justice (20-y 0-n) on 02/07/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening. [HB-1115] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ]
Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening. Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to use trauma-informed screening measures to identify whether any child committed to the Department has been a victim of human trafficking and determine appropriate treatment and service options. The bill also requires that, in cases in which a juvenile and domestic relations district court or circuit court orders that a juvenile within its jurisdiction be physically examined and treated by a physician or local mental health center, such examination include (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022

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Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Family abuse; coercive control, penalty. [HB-713] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Family abuse; coercive control; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to engage in coercive control, defined in the bill, of a family or household member. The bill also includes coercive control in the definition of "family abuse" used for the basis of the issuance of family abuse protective orders.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam Continued To 2023 In Courts Of Justice (18-y 0-n) on 02/11/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Judges; maximum number in each judicial district. [HB-762] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from two to three the maximum number of authorized general district court judges in the Twenty-second Judicial District.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Les Adams Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Support orders; retroactivity, arrearages, party's incarceration. [SB-348] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Support orders; retroactivity; arrearages; party's incarceration. Makes various changes to provisions of law related to child and spousal support orders, including (i) providing that in cases in which jurisdiction over child support or spousal support has been divested from the juvenile and domestic relations district court and no final support order has been entered, any award for child support or spousal support in the circuit court shall be retroactive to the date on which the proceeding was commenced by the filing of the action in the juvenile (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0527) on 04/11/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose, guidelines. [HB-749] [Crime ] [Healthcare ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ]
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall adopt guidelines to make funds from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund, which is used to support the prosecution of domestic violence cases and victim services, available to sexual assault service providers and hospitals for the purpose of funding the cost of salaries and equipment for sexual assault forensic examiners, sexual assault nurse examiners, and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners, with priority (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0210) on 04/08/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; funding for sexual assault services. [HB-408] [Crime ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; funding for sexual assault services. Adds payments to sexual assault service providers and hospitals for the purpose of providing salaries and equipment for sexual assault nurse examiners and pediatric forensic nurses to the list of purposes for which funds from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund may be used and requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to prioritize funding to sexual assault service providers and hospitals that provide sexual assault nurse examiner (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022

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