VA Code | §19 | 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 | SB1117 | Watercraft titling certificates; adoption of uniform act; penalty. Repeals Virginia's existing watercraft titling law and enacts in its place the Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act as adopted in 2011 by the National Conference of Commission... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787) |
| 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 | SB847 | Fingerprints and photos of arrestees. Provides that a judicial officer may require as a condition of release on bail that the accused accompany the arresting officer to the jurisdiction's fingerprinting facility to have his photograph and fingerprint... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614) |
| VA | SB1019 | Counterfeit cigarettes; penalties. Provides that any person who knowingly distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute counterfeit cigarettes where the amount is fewer than 10 cartons is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625) |
| VA | HB2077 | Motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing. Amends several motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing laws. The bill clarifies and strengthens fitness and operating authority requirements for intrastate motor carriers. It also enables Virgi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582) |
| VA | SB1022 | Forfeiture of cigarettes. Allows forfeiture of cigarettes possessed in violation of laws regarding the sale, purchase, transport, receipt, or possession of unstamped cigarettes and the possession with intent to distribute of certain amounts of tax-pa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627) |
| VA | SB1373 | Interception of communications; sheriffs. Provides that the Attorney General may apply for authorization for the observation or monitoring by a sheriff's office of an interception of communications; under existing law the same may be done for a poli... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664) |
| VA | HB1311 | Appeal of bond decision. Provides that when a bail, bond, or recognizance decision is appealed, the court that made the decision may, for good cause shown, stay the execution of the order for so long as reasonably practicable for the party appealing ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408) |
| VA | SB706 | Financial exploitation of incapacitated persons; penalty. Provides that it is unlawful for any person who knows or should know that another person suffers from mental incapacity to, through the use of that other person's mental incapacity, take, obta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452) |
| VA | SB938 | Multijurisdiction grand jury. Adds to the criminal violations that a multijurisdiction grand jury may investigate the following: crimes by mobs, malicious felonious assault and malicious bodily woundings, robbery, carjacking, felonious sexual assault... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459) |
| VA | HB1684 | Identity theft; penalties. Raises the punishment for identity theft where five or more persons' identifying information has been obtained, recorded, or accessed in the same transaction or occurrence from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony and raises the p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420) |
| VA | SB1010 | Identity theft; penalties. Raises the punishment for identity theft where five or more persons' identifying information has been obtained, recorded, or accessed in the same transaction or occurrence from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony and raises the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0466) |
| VA | SB1118 | Appeal of bond decision. Provides that when a bail, bond, or recognizance decision is appealed, the court that made the decision may, for good cause shown, stay the execution of the order for so long as reasonably practicable for the party appealing... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474) |
| VA | SB1288 | Criminal history checks of emergency medical services personnel. Provides that the State Board of Health shall require each person who, on or after July 1, 2013, applies to be a volunteer with or employee of an emergency medical services agency to su... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407) |
| VA | HB1640 | Child care providers; background checks for eligibility for child care subsidy payments. Requires any person seeking to enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services for the provision of child c... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0261) |
| VA | HB1705 | Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. Provides that the Fund has a lien on a victim's claim if an award was made from the Fund. The bill also provides that if the defendant pays restitution, and the Fund has made any payments for expenses included in ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273) |
| VA | HB1658 | Clerk's fees; electronic records; certification of records; etc. Revises various powers and duties of circuit court clerks for certification of records, assessment of fees, etc., such as (i) providing that the use of the term "copy teste," "true copy... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263) |
| VA | HB2248 | Money laundering investigations by multijurisdiction grand jury. Adds investigations of money laundering violations to the jurisdiction of multijurisdiction grand juries. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0314) |
| VA | HB1308 | Writ of actual innocence for juveniles adjudicated delinquent. Provides that a juvenile adjudicated delinquent in a circuit court of an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult may petition the Supreme Court to issue a writ of actual i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170) |
| VA | HB1383 | Criminal history checks of emergency medical services personnel. Provides that the State Board of Health shall require each person who, on or after July 1, 2013, applies to be a volunteer with or employee of an emergency medical services agency to su... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176) |
| VA | HB1432 | Writ of actual innocence. Revises one of the allegations necessary to a petition for a writ of actual innocence from "[the evidence] will prove that no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt" to "[the evidenc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180) |
| VA | HB1763 | Jail officer may execute a warrant in his jail. Authorizes a jail officer employed at a regional jail or jail farm to execute upon a person being held in his jail a warrant, capias, or summons issued anywhere in the Commonwealth. Currently only a per... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207) |
| VA | SB1135 | Continuances; appearance of parties. Provides that when the court grants a continuance in advance of the date of a scheduled trial or hearing, if the defendant acknowledges in writing, on a form provided by the Office of the Executive Secretary of t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154) |
| VA | SB1219 | Motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing. Amends several motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing laws. The bill clarifies and strengthens fitness and operating authority requirements for intrastate motor carriers. It also enables Virgi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0165) |
| VA | HB2058 | Special conservators of the peace; museums of the Commonwealth. Authorizes any museum owned and managed by the Commonwealth to apply for the appointment by the circuit court of a special conservator of the peace. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122) |
| VA | SB1048 | Special conservators of the peace; museums of the Commonwealth. Authorizes any museum owned and managed by the Commonwealth to apply for the appointment by the circuit court of a special conservator of the peace. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0105) |
| VA | HB1376 | Testimony regarding field-test identification of controlled substances. Provides that any law-enforcement officer shall be permitted to testify as to results of field tests approved by the Department of Forensic Science regarding identification of a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060) |
| VA | HB1870 | Criminal procedure; functions of multijurisdiction grand jury. Adds the offense of receiving money for procuring a person to the list of offenses that a multijurisdiction grand jury can investigate. This allows such a jury to investigate human traffi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0083) |
| VA | SB840 | Vacation of criminal conviction for fraud upon the court. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code or any rule of court to the contrary, a person convicted of a felony or a juvenile found delinquent of an offense that would be a felony... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB996 | Temporary detention orders; duration. Increases the maximum duration that a person may be detained pursuant to a temporary detention order from 48 to 72 hours. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2014, and is contingent upon an approp... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | SB1273 | Forced prostitution; expungement. Provides for expungement of a prostitution charge and vacation of a prostitution conviction when the person was abducted for the purpose of prostitution in violation of § 18.2-48. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | HB1794 | Nondisclosure of crime victim or witness personal and identifying information. Provides that upon request of any witness in a criminal prosecution for the sale or manufacture of drugs or a violent felony as defined in subsection C of §17.1-805, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N) |
| VA | HB1631 | Drugs and paraphernalia forfeited to law enforcement. Provides that seized drugs and drug paraphernalia, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, may be forfeited to a law-enforcement agency for r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N) |
| VA | HB1517 | Notice of intent to use involuntary intoxication offense. Provides that in any case in which a person charged with a felony intends (i) to put in issue his involuntary intoxication at the time of the offense charged and (ii) to present testimony of a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N) |
| VA | HB1410 | Possession of firearms following conviction of certain crimes; penalty. Prohibits any person who is convicted of stalking, sexual battery, or assault and battery of a family member that results in serious bodily injury from possessing, transporting, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| VA | HB2240 | Criminal history record information checks; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| VA | HB2251 | Prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms magazines; penalties. Provides that any person, corporation, or other entity that manufactures, imports, possesses, purchases, sells, or transfers any large capacity magazine shall be subject t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| VA | HB1364 | Compensation of experts in criminal cases. Provides that counsel for the defendant may request a waiver on the maximum limitation of compensation for a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or other expert appointed by the court to render professional... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1355 | Petitions for writs of actual innocence. Provides that petitions for writs of actual innocence in the case of either biological or nonbiological evidence may be brought for any felony and upon any plea. The bill also provides that, for both writs, th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1365 | Appointment of mental health experts in criminal cases not involving insanity defense or competency to stand trial. Provides that in a felony criminal case for an alleged crime other than capital murder, the attorney for the Commonwealth or the defen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1492 | Vacation of criminal conviction for fraud upon the court. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of the Code or any rule of court to the contrary, upon hearing of a motion by a person convicted of a felony or adjudicated delinquent of a felony o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1541 | Forced prostitution; expungement of charges. Provides that there shall exist an affirmative defense to the crime of prostitution when the person arrested or charged was abducted for the purpose of prostitution in violation of §18.2-48 and was in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1537 | Student teachers and student teacher supervisors; fingerprinting, criminal history records check, and child abuse and neglect data. Requires any student teacher at an accredited public or private institution of higher education, as a condition of par... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1675 | Expungement of certain misdemeanors. Allows a person convicted of certain misdemeanors who has successfully completed all terms of probation to file a petition for expungement 10 years after the conviction if he has not been convicted of any other of... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1781 | Financial exploitation of elderly or incapacitated adults; penalties. Provides that it is a felony punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than 20 years to knowingly and without legal justification, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1904 | Warrant requirement for certain telecommunications records. Provides that the "location data" of a customer of an electronic communication service or a remote computing service may only be retrieved from the provider by warrant or consent of the cust... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2007 | Testimony by custodians of records, lab analysts, etc.; use of two-way electronic video and audio communication. Allows for the use of two-way electronic video and audio communication to obtain the testimony of custodians of records, lab analysts, or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2056 | Counterfeit cigarettes; penalties. Provides that any person who knowingly distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute counterfeit cigarettes where the amount is fewer than 10 cartons is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1786 | Collection by locality of cost of transporting prisoners. Provides that localities may charge a person convicted of a violation of state law or ordinance for the costs of transporting him to jail or other holding facility but may charge no more than ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
