Virginia House Bill 1779 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Civil commitment proceedings; fees and compensation. Increases from $25 to $75 the fee paid to court-appointed counsel representing a person in a civil commitment proceeding under Title 19.2 of the Code of Virginia. The bill also provides that court-appointed counsel representing a person acquitted of a felony by reason of insanity in a hearing to assess the need for inpatient hospitalization shall be paid a fee not to exceed $445. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.

Civil commitment proceedings; fees and compensation.

Del. James Leftwich [R]

2015-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	House	Left in Appropriations
2015-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2015-02-06	House	Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
2015-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2015-02-04	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
2015-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2015-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2015-01-20	House	Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
2015-01-13	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102142D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	182	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1779
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1779+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H0805V0001+HB1779
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H08V0104+HB1779