Virginia House Bill 627 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
Pending: House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Violation of ordinances; schedule of civil penalties. Allows localities to create schedules of fines and penalties for violations of designated ordinances. The bill establishes limits on fine amounts and frequency, as well as guidance on separate offenses. The bill precludes prosecution as a criminal misdemeanor for aggregate penalties of all offenses from the same operative set of facts totaling less than $5,000. The bill allows prosecution as a criminal misdemeanor for violations arising from the same operative set of facts for penalties totaling $5,000 or more. The bill provides for civil summons, waiver of trial, admitting liability, and payment of the penalty. The bill provides trial procedure and abatement of the offense and it creates liens for unpaid penalties and enforcement guidelines for such liens. Violation of ordinances; schedule of civil penalties. Allows localities to create schedules of fines and penalties for violations of designated ordinances. The bill establishes limits on fine amounts and frequency, as well as guidance on separate offenses. The bill precludes prosecution as a criminal misdemeanor for aggregate penalties of all offenses from the same operative set of facts totaling less than $5,000. The bill allows prosecution as a criminal misdemeanor for violations arising from the same operative set of facts for penalties totaling $5,000 or more. The bill provides for civil summons, waiver of trial, admitting liability, and payment of the penalty. The bill provides trial procedure and abatement of the offense and it creates liens for unpaid penalties and enforcement guidelines for such liens.

Violation of ordinances; schedule of civil penalties.

Del. Sally Hudson [D]

2022-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
2022-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N)
2022-01-28	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103110D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1429	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB627
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB627+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0701V0027+HB0627