Virginia House Bill 840 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 26 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-02-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Confidentiality of victim telephone numbers and email addresses in criminal cases. Provides that upon request of a crime victim or a witness in a criminal prosecution of a violent felony, law enforcement, the attorney for the Commonwealth, counsel for a defendant, and the Department of Corrections are prohibited from disclosing any telephone number or email address of such victim or witness except to the extent that such disclosure is required by law, necessary for law-enforcement purposes, or permitted by the court. The bill also provides that during any criminal proceeding, upon motion of the defendant or the attorney for the Commonwealth, a judge may prohibit testimony as to any telephone number or email address of a victim or witness if the judge determines that this information is not material under the circumstances of the case. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to SB 457.

Victim telephone numbers and email addresses; confidentiality of information in criminal cases.

Del. Robert Bell [R]

2018-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-19 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)
2018-02-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-02-19		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
2018-02-19	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
2018-02-19	Senate	Signed by President
2018-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-02-16	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB840ER)
2018-02-16	House	Enrolled
2018-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-14	Senate	Read third time
2018-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2018-02-12	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2018-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-02	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-02	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-01	House	Read second time and engrossed
2018-01-31	House	Read first time
2018-01-29	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2018-01-19	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103935D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	11.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	11.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	269.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB840
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB840+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB840ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0047+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0801V0023+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H08V0040+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0257+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0290+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0479HB0840+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0510HB0840+HB0840