VA SB5033 | 2020 | 1st Special Session

Virginia Senate Bill 5033 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on October 21 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-10-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case. Requires a court to grant a motion to dismiss made by the Commonwealth, whether with or without prejudice, and with the consent of the defendant unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of (i) bribery or (ii) bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim.

Title

Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case.

Roll Calls

2020-10-02 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 7-N) (Y: 31 N: 7 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-25 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N) (Y: 53 N: 44 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-22 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) (Y: 13 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-08-28 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 6-N) (Y: 30 N: 6 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-08-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-08-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)
2020-10-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 20 (effective 3/1/21)
2020-10-14		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
2020-10-14	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
2020-10-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-10-07	Senate	Signed by President
2020-10-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5033ER)
2020-10-07	Senate	Enrolled
2020-10-02	Senate	Title replaced 20201236D-H1
2020-10-02	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 7-N)
2020-09-25	House	VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N)
2020-09-25	House	Passed House with substitute (53-Y 44-N)
2020-09-25	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5033H1
2020-09-25	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20201236D-H1
2020-09-25	House	Read third time
2020-09-24	House	Read second time
2020-09-22	House	Committee substitute printed 20201236D-H1
2020-09-22	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N)
2020-09-17	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-09-17	House	Read first time
2020-09-17	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-08-28	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 6-N)
2020-08-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5033S1
2020-08-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20200796D-S1
2020-08-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-08-27	Senate	Read second time
2020-08-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
2020-08-20	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20200796D-S1
2020-08-20	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
2020-08-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-08-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200573D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	265.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	298.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5033
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5033+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5033S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5033H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5033ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0020+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S03V0023+SB5033
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0032SB5033+SB5033
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0049SB5033+SB5033
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+H08V0031+SB5033
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+HV0087+SB5033
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0196SB5033+SB5033