Virginia House Bill 2066 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Custodial interrogation of a child; statement of leniency. Creates a rebuttable presumption that any statement of leniency made by a law-enforcement officer to a child prior to or during an interrogation was not made knowingly and voluntarily. The bill defines "statement of leniency" as any statement regarding (i) the types or number of charges; (ii) the length of custody; (iii) any condition of release; (iv) contact with such child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian; or (v) any other promise, condition, fact, or factor that a court finds to have swayed the will of the child. The bill provides that the Commonwealth may rebut this presumption by clear and convincing evidence that the statement was made knowingly and voluntarily.

Custodial interrogation of a child; statement of leniency.

Del. Jackie Glass [D]

2023-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-19	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 23103945D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	247.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2066
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2066+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104999D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0102+HB2066