Virginia House Bill 1420 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Vetoed on March 20 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency. Specifies that a delinquent child is a child 11 years of age or older who has committed a delinquent act. Currently, there is no minimum age for a child to be adjudicated delinquent. The bill provides that if a juvenile younger than 11 years of age is found to have committed a delinquent act, the juvenile shall not be proceeded upon as delinquent; however, the court may make any orders of disposition authorized for a child in need of services or a child in need of supervision. The bill includes in the definition of "child in need of services" a child younger than 11 years of age who has committed a delinquent act. Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency. Specifies that a delinquent child is a child 11 years of age or older who has committed a delinquent act. Currently, there is no minimum age for a child to be adjudicated delinquent. The bill provides that if a juvenile younger than 11 years of age is found to have committed a delinquent act, the juvenile shall not be proceeded upon as delinquent; however, the court may make any orders of disposition authorized for a child in need of services or a child in need of supervision. The bill includes in the definition of "child in need of services" a child younger than 11 years of age who has committed a delinquent act. Finally, the bill includes in the offense of causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc., any person 18 years of age or older, including the parent of any child, who willfully contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, or condition that causes a child younger than 11 years of age to commit a delinquent act. Under current law, any person who commits such offense is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2024-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 4-N) (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N) (Y: 51 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-17	House	House sustained Governor's veto
2024-03-20		Governor: Vetoed by Governor
2024-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
2024-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-03-01	Senate	Signed by President
2024-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2024-02-27	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1420ER)
2024-02-27	House	Enrolled
2024-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2024-02-21	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2024-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2024-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 4-N)
2024-02-09	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-02-09	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2024-02-08	House	VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N)
2024-02-08	House	Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
2024-02-07	House	Printed as engrossed 24104690D-E
2024-02-07	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1420E
2024-02-07	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2024-02-07	House	Read second time
2024-02-06	House	Read first time
2024-02-02	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N)
2024-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
2024-01-23	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2024-01-17	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 24104690D

SB23 (Similar To) 2024-04-17 - Senate sustained Governor's veto

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	228	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	278.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	278.9:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	371	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1420
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1420+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1420E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1420ER+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106305A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+HB1420AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+HB1420AG
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1420F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1420FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1420FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0801V0049+HB1420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H08V0101+HB1420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0463+HB1420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0202+HB1420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0495HB1420+HB1420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0521HB1420+HB1420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0523HB1420+HB1420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0524HB1420+HB1420