VA Committee | Senate Courts of Justice | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | SB1312 | Release of accused to pretrial services only when indigent. Provides that, when a person is arrested for either a felony or a misdemeanor, any judicial officer may place the person in the custody and supervision of a designated person, organization, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| VA | HB48 | Castle doctrine. Encodes a version of the "castle doctrine," allowing the use of physical force, including deadly force, by a person in his dwelling against an intruder in the dwelling who has committed an overt act against him or another person who ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-12-13 |
| VA | SB175 | Postrelease supervision of felons. Amends provisions regarding the imposition of an additional term of incarceration and postrelease supervision for certain felons who are sentenced to an active prison term. The bill clarifies that an additional ter... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB203 | Adjudications same as conviction for certain offenses. Provides that in the case of second offense domestic assault and battery, second offense possession of marijuana and second or subsequent offense larceny, one is guilty of such crime if one has b... [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 | HB807 | Use of electronic tracking devices; penalty. Provides that any person who uses an electronic tracking device through intentionally deceptive means and without consent to track the location of another person is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. The bil... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB324 | Limitation on administrative actions relating to Firearms Act. Establishes legislative preemption of any administrative action taken by an administrative body that has the direct or indirect effect of governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ow... [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 | 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 | HB1001 | Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police shall seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with United States Department of Homeland Security,... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB426 | Medicaid; appeals of agency determinations. Provides that all recommended or final case decisions in administrative hearings regarding Medicaid overpayments shall be made in accordance with the Administrative Process Act, shall be based on the whole... [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 | HB1265 | Mechanics' lien notice. Provides that any person intending to perfect a mechanics' lien against a one- or two-family residential dwelling unit must send the mechanics' lien agent designated on the building permit or, if no agent is designated, the pr... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | HB8 | Reporting of vessel accident; penalty. Requires any passenger 18 years of age or older who is a passenger in a vessel that is involved in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury or death and in which the operator has (i) failed to stop and ren... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | HB280 | Correcting errors in deeds; affidavit. Allows, in the event that a recorded deed or other instrument contains an obvious description error, the recordation of a corrective affidavit by an attorney, settlement agent, or title insurance company involve... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB21 | Rape by coercion. Provides that any person who has sexual intercourse with a complaining witness, accomplished against the complaining witness's will by coercion, is guilty of rape. Currently such an offense must be accomplished by force, threat, or... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB97 | Barrier crimes; listing of crimes. Clarifies the individual crimes included in the background check and barrier crime statutes affecting the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, certain licensees of the Department of Behavioral... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| 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 |
