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)

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

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Title

Appointment of counsel; indigent defendants.

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History

DateChamberAction
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)

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