VA HB163 | 2020 | Regular Session

Virginia House Bill 163 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Contempt of court; penalty. Increases from 10 days to 30 days the maximum term of imprisonment for a charge of contempt of court but limits the term of imprisonment to 30 days, including in cases where the court empanels a jury to ascertain the punishment.

Title

Contempt of court; penalty.

Roll Calls

2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2019-12-23	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-12-23	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101978D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	69.24	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	457	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	458	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB163
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB163+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0026+HB0163