VA SB643 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 9 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Chair votes No
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 9 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Chair votes No
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Penalties for failure to appear; contempt. Provides that any person (i) charged with a felony offense or misdemeanor offense or (ii) convicted of a felony offense or misdemeanor offense and execution of sentence is suspended who willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required may be punished for contempt. Under current law, such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony, if charged with a felony, or a Class 1 misdemeanor, if charged with a misdemeanor, for such a violation. The bill excludes from such penalty persons who are incarcerated or in the custody of a law-enforcement officer at the time such person is required to appear. The bill also eliminates a court's authority to punish summarily a contempt of court for willful failure to appear.
Title
Failure to appear; contempt of court, penalties.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) (Y: 20 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Chair votes No |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB643S1 |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24107311D-S1 |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24107311D-S1 |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 5-N) |
| 2024-01-11 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-11 | Senate | Presented and ordered printed 24104572D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1114 (Similar To) 2024-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0109)
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | 69.24 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 456 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 128 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
