Virginia House Bill 1340 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-11-22 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Department of Criminal Justice Services; Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council; court-appointed counsel; training standards for interacting with victims of criminal sexual assault. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, to establish compulsory training standards for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth for sensitivity to and awareness of cultural diversity when interviewing, questioning, or examining in any court proceeding a victim of a criminal sexual offense. The bill also provides that to initially qualify to serve as appointed counsel for an indigent defendant in a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations district court, such attorney shall have completed at least eight hours of MCLE-approved continuing legal education developed by the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission on the topic of diversity, racial bias, or cultural sensitivity when interviewing, cross-examining, or representing the victim of a criminal sexual offense.

Court-appointed counsel, et al.; training standards for interacting w/ victims of sexual assaults.

Del. Karrie Delaney [D]

Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-11-22	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2022-02-07	House	Continued to 2023 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2022-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
2022-01-27	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-21	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-21	House	Presented and ordered printed 22103480D

HB1340 (Carry Over) 2022-02-07 - Continued to 2023 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	163.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2618	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1340
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1340+hil