VA Code | §19 | Current
State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | HB1821 | Child Pornography Images Registry; exemptions from disclosure, etc. Provides that records related to child abuse and exploitation that are in the possession of the Department of State Police pursuant to its duties in maintaining the Child Pornography... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| 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 | HB1897 | Search of electronic device without warrant prohibited. Provides that no officer of the law or any other person shall search any cellular telephone, tablet computer, portable computer, desktop computer, or other electronic device containing or design... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1903 | Cellular phone used as tracking device. Provides that a cellular phone is a tracking device when it is used to track the movement of a person, and that such use requires a warrant issued by a judicial officer. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1919 | Joint motion for writ of actual innocence. Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth of the jurisdiction wherein a person was convicted of a felony may join in a petition for a biological or nonbiological writ of actual innocence. When such pet... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1920 | Plea required for issuance of a writ of actual innocence. Provides that a convicted person may petition for a writ of actual innocence regardless of the type of plea he entered at trial. Under current law, a person may petition for a writ based on no... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 Tabled in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| VA | HB1924 | Conservators of the peace; inspectors general of the U.S. Department of HUD and the FHFA. Includes any criminal investigator within the Offices of Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Fina... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1925 | Expungement of nonviolent misdemeanor convictions. Provides that any person who has been convicted of only one nonviolent misdemeanor offense that is not a violation of § 18.2-266 (DUI) or an offense for which registration is required under ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| VA | HB2050 | Search and seizure of computer and contents. Provides that any search warrant issued for the search and seizure of a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information shall be deemed to include the search and se... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | 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 | HB2234 | Expungement for misdemeanors deferred and dismissed. Provides that expungement of a criminal record is available to a petitioner whose misdemeanor charges are dismissed without adjudication of guilt following a deferral of proceedings and satisfactio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | SB1002 | Emergency protective orders; expungement. Provides the mechanism for a person who is the subject of an emergency protective order issued in connection with a warrant for the arrest of such person to expunge the order from the record if the warrant di... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| 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 | SB1030 | Search and seizure of computer and contents. Provides that any search warrant issued for the search and seizure of a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information shall be deemed to include the search and se... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-01 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (14-Y 0-N) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB1146 | Destruction of controlled substances, etc.; Department of State Police. Requires law-enforcement reports on the destruction of seized controlled substances and other drugs and paraphernalia that under current law have to be submitted to the Board of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N) |
| VA | SB1211 | Child Pornography Images Registry; exemptions from disclosure, etc. Provides that records related to child abuse and exploitation that are in the possession of the Department of State Police pursuant to its duties in maintaining the Child Pornography... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-28 Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | SB1258 | 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] | 2013-01-21 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| 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 | 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 | SB1299 | 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] | 2013-01-28 Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB2293 | Minimum financial conditions of bail. Provides that any judicial officer fixing terms of bail shall presume, subject to rebuttal, that the following minimum financial conditions are necessary to assure the appearance of the accused and to assure his ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| 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 | 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) |
