Virginia House Bill 820 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Court appearance of a person not free on bail. Makes various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, including (i) the appointment of counsel for the accused, (ii) the information provided to accused's counsel, (iii) a requirement that counsel for the accused be provided with adequate time to confer with the accused prior to any bail hearing, and (iv) the compensation of counsel for the accused. Effective in due course, the bill provides that the chief judge in each circuit shall create a plan to be completed by October 1, 2020, that establishes the means by which the jurisdiction will meet these requirements. The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Court appearance of a person not free on bail; informed of right to counsel.

Del. Don Scott [D]

2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 5-N) (Y: 14 N: 5 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Appropriations
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2020-02-01	House	Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
2020-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 5-N)
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
2020-01-26	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103172D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	158	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB820
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB820+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0061+HB0820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0130+HB0820
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0207V0020+HB0820