VA HB410 | 2008 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 2 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 2 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122)
Summary
Appointment of counsel; indigent defendants. Maintains the current provision, due to expire on July 1, 2008, that if there is no attorney reasonably available who is on the list maintained by the Indigent Defense Commission, the court may appoint an appropriately trained and experienced attorney not on the list and must notify the Commission of the appointment. The bill also clarifies that when the public defender is unable to represent the defendant due to a conflict of interest or the court finds that the appointment of other counsel is necessary to attain the ends of justice, the appointment shall be from the list maintained by the Commission. This bill is identical to
Title
Appointment of counsel; indigent defendants.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2008-03-05 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122) | |
2008-03-02 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 122 (effective 7/1/08) | |
2008-02-25 | Senate: Signed by President | |
2008-02-22 | House: Signed by Speaker | |
2008-02-21 | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB410ER) | |
2008-02-21 | House: Enrolled | |
2008-02-20 | Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | |
2008-02-20 | Senate: Read third time | |
2008-02-19 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | |
2008-02-18 | Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) | |
2008-02-13 | Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | |
2008-02-13 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed | |
2008-02-12 | House: Communicated to Senate | |
2008-02-12 | House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) | |
2008-02-12 | House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) | |
2008-02-11 | House: Read second time and engrossed | |
2008-02-09 | House: Read first time | |
2008-02-08 | House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) | |
2008-01-16 | House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal | |
2008-01-04 | House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | |
2008-01-04 | House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081501846 |
Same As/Similar To
SB553 (Same As) 2010-04-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733)
Subjects
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB410 |