Courts Of Record
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [SR-9]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals of Virginia. [HR-10]
Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [HR-11]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Judges; election in Court of Appeals of Virginia, Circuit Court, General District Court, etc. [HJR-152]
Election of Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals of Virginia. [SR-8]
Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Jurors; increases the daily compensation. [SB-730]
Jurors; compensation. Increases the daily compensation for jurors from $30 to $50. Jurors; compensation. Increases the daily compensation for jurors from $30 to $50.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing. [HB-1318]
Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in revocation proceedings. Authorizes the Virginia Sentencing Commission to develop, maintain, and modify a system of statewide discretionary sentencing guidelines for use in hearings conducted in circuit courts in which the defendant is cited for violation of a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction. The bill provides that a court would be presented with such guidelines when a defendant
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Civil cases; reimbursement of costs. [HB-1327]
Civil cases; reimbursement of costs. Provides that the court shall not allow a defendant convicted of a crime from which a civil matter arose to recover costs for court reporting and recording of such trial from the victim of such crime. Civil cases; reimbursement of costs. Provides that the court shall not allow a defendant convicted of a crime from which a civil matter arose to recover costs for court reporting and recording of such trial from the victim of such crime.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date. [HB-1320]
Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses. Clarifies the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission's (Commission) authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data. The bill also requires the Commission to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia by October 1, 2022, documenting the impact on sentencing guideline midpoints for each offense if the Commission were to recommend changes to the
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Criminal records; sealing of records. [SB-543]
Criminal records; sealing of records; repeal. Repeals provisions not yet effective allowing for the automatic and petition-based sealing of police and court records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Sentencing documents; transmission to the DHP and DBHDS. [SB-408]
Transmission of sentencing documents to the Department of Health Professions and Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Provides that after the pronouncement of sentence, if the court is aware that the defendant is registered, certified, or licensed by a health regulatory board or holds a multistate licensure privilege, or is licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and the defendant has been convicted of a felony, crime involving moral turpitude, or crime that occurred during the course of
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing. [SB-424]
Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in revocation proceedings. Authorizes the Virginia Sentencing Commission to develop, maintain, and modify a system of statewide discretionary sentencing guidelines for use in hearings conducted in circuit courts in which the defendant is cited for violation of a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction. The bill provides that a court would be presented with such guidelines when a defendant
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date. [SB-423]
Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses. Clarifies the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission's authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data. The bill also requires the Commission to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia by October 1, 2022, documenting the impact on sentencing guideline midpoints for each offense if the Commission were to recommend changes to the midpoints based
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Adoption; court to refer case to child-placing agency. [HB-869]
Adoption. Allows a circuit court, upon consideration of a petition for adoption, to immediately enter an interlocutory order referring the case to a child-placing agency to conduct a visitation instead of entering an order of reference referring the case to a child-placing agency for investigation and makes other amendments to accommodate for and bolster this change. The bill allows petitions for adoption submitted by the persons listed as the child's parents on his birth certificate to be filed and granted under the provisions governing stepparent
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms. [HB-761]
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms. Requires that a sign be posted in all state courts of the Commonwealth, in a location accessible to the public, that notes the availability of and provides instructions to obtain a downloadable electronic version of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission for the filing of a complaint from the official website of the judicial system of the Commonwealth. Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit. [HB-821]
Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from six to seven the maximum number of authorized judges in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail. [HB-811]
Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail. Creates a rebuttable presumption against bail for certain criminal offenses enumerated in the bill and for persons identified as being illegally present in the United States by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who are charged with certain offenses. The bill also provides that a magistrate, clerk, or deputy clerk of a district court or circuit court shall not admit to bail, that is not set by a judge, any person who is charged with an offense giving rise to a rebuttable presumption
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Sexual assault nurse & forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing. [HB-404]
Admission into evidence of certain forensic medical examination reports by sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing. Allows testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, by a sexual assault nurse examiner or sexual assault forensic examiner who performed a forensic medical examination to be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill also allows such testimony to be presented
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Jury duty; allowance increase. [HB-378]
Jury duty; allowance increase. Increases the jury duty allowance from $30 to $40 for each day of attendance upon the court effective July 1, 2022; to $45 effective July 1, 2023; and to $50 effective July 1, 2024, and thereafter.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Discretionary sentencing guidelines; prior convictions and juvenile adjudications. [HB-617]
Discretionary sentencing guidelines; prior convictions and juvenile adjudications. Provides that, for the purposes of discretionary sentencing, previous convictions shall not include (i) any adult conviction more than 10 years prior to the date of the commission of the present offense, unless the prior adult conviction was for a violent felony offense punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 40 years or more, the defendant was sentenced to an active prison term of more than 12 months for the offense, and the defendant has committed another
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