Virginia House Bill 482 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 29 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-29 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Witness testimony accompanied by certified facility dogs. Provides that in any criminal proceeding the attorney for the Commonwealth or the defendant may request and the court may enter an order authorizing the use of a certified facility dog to aid a testifying witness, provided that the use of a certified facility dog will aid the witness in providing testimony and the presence and use of the certified facility dog will not interfere with or distract from the testimony or proceedings. The bill provides that the court may make any orders necessary to preserve the fairness of the proceeding, including imposing restrictions on and instructing the jury regarding the presence of the certified facility dog. The bill defines "certified facility dog" as a dog that (i) has completed training and been certified by a program accredited by Assistance Dogs International or another organization whose main purpose is to improve training, placement, and utilization of assistance dogs and (ii) is accompanied by a duly trained handler. This bill is identical to SB 420.

Witness testimony; accompanied by certified facility dogs.

Del. Robert Bell [R]

2018-03-08 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 6-N) (Y: 31 N: 6 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) (Y: 0 N: 98 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) (Y: 31 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-29		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)
2018-03-29		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-03-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
2018-03-26	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
2018-03-12	Senate	Signed by President
2018-03-10	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB482ER)
2018-03-10	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-03-10	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB482ER)
2018-03-10	House	Enrolled
2018-03-08	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
2018-03-08	House	Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
2018-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 6-N)
2018-03-06		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2018-02-27	House	Delegates: Bell, Robert B., Gilbert, Herring
2018-02-27	House	Conferees appointed by House
2018-02-26	Senate	Senators: McDougle, Stuart, Howell
2018-02-26	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2018-02-23	House	House acceded to request
2018-02-22	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2018-02-22	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-20	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
2018-02-20	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 18107096D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
2018-02-19	House	Passed by for the day
2018-02-16	House	Passed by for the day
2018-02-16	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N)
2018-02-14	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB482S1
2018-02-14	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 18107096D-S1
2018-02-14	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2018-02-14	Senate	Read third time
2018-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2018-02-12	Senate	Committee substitute printed 18107096D-S1
2018-02-12	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2018-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-02	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-02	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-01	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB482H1
2018-02-01	House	Committee substitute agreed to 18105729D-H1
2018-02-01	House	Read second time
2018-01-31	House	Read first time
2018-01-29	House	Committee substitute printed 18105729D-H1
2018-01-29	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
2018-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104420D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	67.9:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB482
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB482+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB482H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB482S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB482ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0524+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0801V0043+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H08V0037+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0241+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0302+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0479HB0482+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0884+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0514HB0482+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0602HB0482+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0996HB0482+HB0482
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV1480+HB0482