VA SB419 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-30 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-30 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Juveniles; trial as adults. Allows prosecutors the discretion to have juveniles charged with violations of certain gang offenses and repeat violations of certain drug offenses to be transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult. The bill also provides that juveniles charged with an offense defined as an act of violence, if previously adjudicated delinquent of an act of violence, are automatically transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult.
Title
Juveniles; trial as adults.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2012-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-30 | Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) | |
| 2012-01-11 | Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | |
| 2012-01-11 | Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102427D |
