VA Code | §16 | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB1833 | Reorganizing and recodifying the law related to carrying concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits. Reorganizes the existing §18.2-308 into a new Article 6.1 in Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. The new article creates separate, discrete sections t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746) |
| VA | SB1194 | Juvenile alleged to be truant; development of truancy plan. Provides that in cases in which a school attendance officer files a complaint alleging that a juvenile is a truant and the juvenile has not previously been proceeded against informally or ad... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Communicated to Governor |
| VA | HB2347 | Confidentiality of juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principal. Provides that, in addition to disclosures of juvenile law-enforcement records that may already be made by chiefs of police and sheriffs to school principals, those... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769) |
| VA | SB1076 | Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring parental rights to a parent whose rights to his child have previously been terminated when the child is at least 14 years of age and the child has not achieved his permanency goal. The... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685) |
| VA | SB699 | Medical malpractice; expert witness certification; court review. Provides that in an action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice, the court, upon good cause shown, may conduct an in camera review of the opinion ob... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610) |
| VA | HB1743 | Independent living services. Provides that local departments of social services and licensed child-placing agencies may make independent living services available to persons 18 to 21 years of age who are released from commitment to the Department of... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564) |
| VA | SB1234 | Placement in secure local facility. Clarifies that a juvenile 14 years of age or older who is eligible for commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice may be confined in a detention home or other secure local facility for more than 30 days prov... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651) |
| VA | HB1637 | Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring parental rights to a parent whose rights to his child have previously been terminated when the child is at least 14 years of age and the child has not achieved his permanency goal. The... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338) |
| VA | SB863 | Independent living services. Provides that local departments of social services and licensed child-placing agencies may make independent living services available to persons 18 to 21 years of age who are released from commitment to the Department of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362) |
| VA | SB979 | Retention of case records; general district court. Permits the chief judge of a general district court to direct the clerk of that court to destroy documents related to civil and criminal cases that have been ended for a period of three years, provid... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0377) |
| VA | HB1451 | Retention of case records; general district court. Permits the chief judge of a general district court to direct the clerk of that court to destroy documents related to civil and criminal cases that have been ended for a period of three years, provid... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187) |
| VA | SB982 | Evidence of medical reports or records. Rewrites for clarity the section setting forth the method for introducing into evidence medical records or reports in general district court in a civil action for personal injuries or to resolve a dispute with ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145) |
| VA | HB2117 | Foster care; time to conduct hearings, etc. Adjusts certain time frames for conducting or petitioning for hearings of a child in foster care and filing foster care plans in order to bring Virginia into compliance with Title IV, Part E (Federal Paymen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130) |
| VA | HB1545 | Medical malpractice; expert witness certification; court review. Provides that in an action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice, the court, upon good cause shown, may conduct an in camera review of the opinion ob... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065) |
| VA | HB1618 | Venue in civil cases; conduct of business activity; change of venue. Provides that Category B venue exists where a defendant that is not an individual has its principal office or principal place of business. Currently, Category B venue exists where t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071) |
| VA | HB1643 | Protective orders; exempt from stay pending appeal. Clarifies that a protective order entered due to a violation of an initial protective order shall remain in effect upon petition for or the pendency of an appeal. The bill also includes family abuse... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0073) |
| VA | HB1815 | Evidence of medical reports in district court and appeals to circuit court. Provides that the method for introducing into evidence medical records or reports in general district court in a civil action for personal injuries or to resolve a dispute wi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078) |
| VA | SB809 | Juvenile offenders; sentences. Provides that the punishment is a Class 2 felony (20 years to life) for persons convicted of a crime committed when a juvenile for which the only available punishment is a life sentence. This bill is in response to Mill... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | HB1483 | Record on appeal from district court. Provides that, upon the appeal of a general district court or juvenile and domestic relations district court judgment in a civil case to circuit court, except cases involving protective orders or a civil offense ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1325 | Deferral and dismissal of serious juvenile offenses. Provides that the juvenile court or circuit court hearing the case shall not, except with the concurrence of the attorney for the Commonwealth, defer disposition for any criminal offense alleged to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1338 | Appointment of judge by circuit court. Restricts the circuit courts from appointing to judicial office any person either house of the General Assembly failed to elect. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1918 | Attorney fees; juvenile and domestic relations district courts. Emphasizes that an award of attorney fees and costs made in certain cases in juvenile and domestic relations district court must be reasonable. The bill also provides that such an award ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1901 | Fines under certain local ordinances paid to local school division and Literary Fund. Provides that fines imposed under certain local ordinances dealing with DUI, disposition of children in juvenile and domestic relations district courts, and appropr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1912 | Petition for child custody or visitation. Provides that issues of child custody or visitation may be included in a single petition in juvenile and domestic relations district court, and that such issues may be included in a single petition involving ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2060 | Juvenile alleged to be truant; development of truancy plan. Provides that in cases in which a school attendance officer files a complaint alleging that a juvenile is a truant and the juvenile has not previously been proceeded against informally or ad... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | SB1202 | Retention of case records; general district court. Permits the chief judge of a general district court to direct the clerk of that court to destroy documents related to civil and criminal cases that have been ended for a period of three years, provid... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | SB1255 | Medical malpractice; expert witness certification; court review. Provides that in an action for medical malpractice or wrongful death premised on medical malpractice, the court, upon good cause shown, may conduct an in camera review of the opinion ob... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | SB693 | Appointment of judge by circuit court. Restricts the circuit courts from appointing to judicial office any person either house of the General Assembly failed to elect. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N 1-A) |
| VA | SB1058 | Judicial conferences; meetings. Restricts meetings of the mandatory judicial conferences to no more than once every other year. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB751 | Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty. Makes the aggravated malicious wounding of another without the specific intent to main, disfigure, disable, or kill a Class 6 felony. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1154 | Post-dispositional detention of juvenile in secure local facility. Changes the period of time for which a court may order the confinement in a detention home or secure facility of a juvenile who has been found to have committed an offense that if com... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB808 | Juvenile sentences. Provides a mechanism for persons who are sentenced to more than 25 years for a nonhomicide offense committed while a juvenile to petition the court for a modification of sentence at age 35 or after serving 20 years of the sentence... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-28 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) |
| VA | SB928 | Mental health assessments for certain juveniles. Requires the juvenile and domestic relations court, when the attorney for the Commonwealth is seeking commitment of a juvenile, to order that an interdisciplinary team evaluate the service needs of a j... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-21 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (13-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1148 | Prohibition of sale, transfer, etc. of certain firearms magazines; penalties. Prohibits any person from selling, bartering, or transferring a firearms magazine designed to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. A violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-18 Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 7-N) |
| VA | SB784 | Number of judges; Henrico General District Court. Increases the number of general district court judges in Henrico County from four to five. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-14 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB463 | Legal custody of juveniles in custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Clarifies that commitment of a child by a court to the Department of Juvenile Justice is a transfer of legal custody if, at the time of commitment, the child is in foster c... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | HB966 | Child custody; guardian ad litem. Provides that a court shall not appoint a guardian ad litem for a child or a child's parent or guardian in any case in which the child is alleged to have committed a delinquent act unless there is a conflict of inte... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB218 | Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring the parental rights to a child's parent whose rights as to that child had previously been terminated, provided certain conditions exist. The petition to restore a parent's rights may b... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB390 | Juvenile life sentences. Provides a mechanism for persons who are sentenced to life for a nonhomicide offense committed while a juvenile to petition the court for a modification of sentence. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB555 | Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring the parental rights to a child's parent whose rights as to that child had previously been terminated, provided certain conditions exist. The petition to restore a parent's rights may b... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB612 | Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; dissemination of information. The bill limits the requirement for a Virginia-specific criminal history record information check to the purchase of handguns. The bill requires the Virg... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | HB450 | Restoration of parental rights. Creates a procedure for restoring the parental rights to a child's parent whose rights as to that child had previously been terminated, provided certain conditions exist. The petition to restore a parent's rights may b... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB923 | Reorganizing and recodifying the law related to carrying concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits. Reorganizes the existing § 18.2-308 into a new Article 6.1 in Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. The new article creates separate, discrete sections ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1283 | Child custody and visitation; person with a legitimate interest. Provides that a person with a legitimate interest who may petition for custody or visitation of a child that is not his or her own must be a grandparent, stepparent, former stepparent, ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
