Virginia House Bill 1943 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 29-0)
Status: Passed on April 12 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Crime victim rights; notification from the attorney for the Commonwealth. Requires an attorney for the Commonwealth to consult with a crime victim in a felony case to (i) inform the victim of the contents of a proposed plea agreement and (ii) obtain the victim's views about the disposition of the case. The bill provides that the victim shall be notified of any proceeding in which the plea agreement will be tendered to the court. The bill also provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth may satisfy his notification responsibilities by consulting with a parent or guardian of an unemancipated minor victim, if the parent or guardian is not a suspect, person of interest, or defendant in the criminal investigation of the proceeding. Under current law, such consultation and notification is required only upon the victim's request.

Crime victim rights; notification from the attorney for the Commonwealth.

Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]
Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Ellen Campbell [R]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Sen. Tara Durant [R]
Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]
Del. Karen Greenhalgh [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]
Del. James Leftwich [R]	Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]	Del. Joseph McNamara [R]
Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]
Del. Michael Webert [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]	Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Tony Wilt [R]
Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2023-04-12 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-04-12 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N) (Y: 35 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-12		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)
2023-04-12	House	Enacted, Chapter 784 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-04-12	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2023-04-12	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2023-04-12	House	Reenrolled bill text (HB1943ER2)
2023-04-12	House	Reenrolled
2023-04-12		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2023-04-12	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N)
2023-04-12	House	VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
2023-04-12	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
2023-04-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-03-23	House	Governor's recommendation received by House
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-23	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1943ER)
2023-02-23	House	Enrolled
2023-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
2023-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2023-02-15	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-27	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2023-01-27	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	House	Read second time and engrossed
2023-01-25	House	Read first time
2023-01-23	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
2023-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102702D

SB989 (Same As) 2023-04-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746)
SB989 (Same As) 2023-04-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	11.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1943
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1943+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1943ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1943ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0784+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1943AG
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1943F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1943FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0087+HB1943
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0020+HB1943
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1133+HB1943
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0251+HB1943
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0567HB1943+HB1943
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0620HB1943+HB1943
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV1069HB1943+HB1943
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2415+HB1943