Virginia House Bill 1597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia National Guard; nonjudicial punishment. Subjects members of the Virginia National Guard to nonjudicial punishment, with specified exclusions, pursuant to the Manual for Courts-Martial. The bill provides that when nonjudicial punishment is to be imposed by a commanding officer of the rank of major or above, service members shall not be allowed to demand trial by court-martial in lieu of nonjudicial punishment; however, service members shall retain all appeal rights available, and the appeal shall include a review for abuse of discretion and legal sufficiency of the evidence.

Virginia National Guard; nonjudicial punishment.

Del. Richard Anderson [R]

2015-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194)
2015-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 194 (effective 7/1/15)
2015-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-02-26	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/26/15
2015-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2015-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2015-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1597ER)
2015-02-24	House	Enrolled
2015-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-19	Senate	Read third time
2015-02-18	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-16	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
2015-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2015-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2015-02-04	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2015-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2015-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1597H1
2015-02-03	House	Committee substitute agreed to 15104302D-H1
2015-02-03	House	Read second time
2015-02-02	House	Read first time
2015-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 15104302D-H1
2015-01-30	House	Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2015-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
2015-01-15	House	Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #3
2015-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2015-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101815D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1597
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1597+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1597H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1597ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0194+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H1503V0003+HB1597
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H15V0017+HB1597
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV1853+HB1597
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S12V0116+HB1597
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0559HB1597+HB1597
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0626HB1597+HB1597