Virginia House Bill 2037 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Supplementing compensation of public defender. Allows the governing body of any county or city that elects to supplement the compensation of the public defender or any of his deputies to pay such funds directly to the Indigent Defense Commission or to the employees with notice to the Commission of any amount so provided. The bill requires the Commission to provide the funds directly to employees in combination with the compensation fixed by the executive director. Current law requires that such funds be provided directly to the employees, with notice to the Commission of the amount of such funds. Supplementing compensation of public defender. Allows the governing body of any county or city that elects to supplement the compensation of the public defender or any of his deputies to pay such funds directly to the Indigent Defense Commission or to the employees with notice to the Commission of any amount so provided. The bill requires the Commission to provide the funds directly to employees in combination with the compensation fixed by the executive director. Current law requires that such funds be provided directly to the employees, with notice to the Commission of the amount of such funds.

Public defender; supplementing compensation.

Del. Briana Sewell [D]

2023-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)
2023-03-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER)
2023-03-07	House	Enrolled
2023-02-23	House	VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106971D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
2023-02-22	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-22	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2037S1
2023-02-22	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23106971D-S1
2023-02-22	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-22	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-20	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23106971D-S1
2023-02-20	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-02	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2037H1
2023-02-01	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23105407D-H1
2023-02-01	House	Read second time
2023-01-31	House	Read first time
2023-01-27	House	Committee substitute printed 23105407D-H1
2023-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-24	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 23103073D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	163.01:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2037
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2037+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2037H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2037S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2037ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0467+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105407D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23105407D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106971D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2037FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2037FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2037FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0157+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0079+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1302+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0310+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0711HB2037+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0790HB2037+HB2037
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2298+HB2037