Virginia Senate Bill 618 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-10 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Referrals to specialty dockets. Provides that any court may refer a defendant to a local specialty docket if such specialty docket exists within that jurisdiction. The bill provides that a court that has received a referral shall have jurisdiction over the defendant for any matter that does not dispose of a charge or defense for the duration of the referral and shall enter an order making a recommendation for disposing the matter, including any proposed findings of fact, at the end of the referral or any other time as necessary.

Specialty dockets; referrals.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-10	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104266D

SB618 (Carry Over) 2020-02-10 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	266.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB618
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB618+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0269+SB0618