| VA | HB2241 | Intro
Sine Die | Unborn child protection from dismemberment abortion; penalties. Prohibits the practice of dismemberment abortion, which is defined in the bill as meaning to, with the purpose of causing the death of an unborn child, purposely dismember a living unbor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2210 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Law; Division of Civil Rights created; duties. Creates in the Department of Law a Division of Civil Rights that has the power and duty to investigate crimes involving the nonpayment of wages. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2112 | Intro
Sine Die | Court of Appeals; jurisdiction; number of judges. Expands the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals of Virginia by providing for an appeal of right in every civil case and provides that the granting of further appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1791 | Intro
Sine Die | Assault and battery or threats of bodily injury; sports official; penalty. Provides that if any person commits a simple assault or assault and battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such other person is a sports official who is... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1920 | Intro
Sine Die | Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections. Provides that if a person has been sentenced for a felony to the Department of Corrections (the Department), the court that heard the case, if it appears compatible wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1860 | Intro
Sine Die | Obtaining, attempting to obtain, procuring, or attempting to procure controlled substances by means of the Internet or by mail; exceptions; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to obtain or attempt to obtain any drug or procure or attemp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1759 | Intro
Sine Die | Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; at or after trial before a judge; emergency. Allows a personal appearance required or permitted at or after trial before a judge to be made using two-way electronic video and au... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2315 | Intro
Sine Die | Local referendum on the legalization of marijuana. Local referendum on the legalization of marijuana. Provides that the qualified voters of a locality or supervisor's election district of a county may file a petition with the circuit court of the cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2045 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil action for deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers in employing or contracting for the services of law-enforcement officers. Creates a civil action for the deprivation of a person's rights by a law-enforcement officer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2309 | Intro
Sine Die | Condition of parole; Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; penalty. Requires any person released on parole who was convicted of murder or any Tier I, Tier II, or Tier III offense prior to July 1, 1994, who is not required to be registered ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2144 | Intro
Sine Die | Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, punishable by confinement for not less than five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious act that resulted in the accidental killing of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2143 | Intro
Sine Die | Immunity from civil claims related to the transmission of or exposure to the COVID-19 virus and uses of personal protective equipment; emergency. Provides immunity to persons, as defined in the bill, from civil causes of action arising from any act o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2151 | Intro
Sine Die | Search warrants; daytime execution; exceptions. Provides an exception to the requirement that a search warrant be executed only in the daytime if, prior to the issuance of the search warrant, law-enforcement officers lawfully entered and secured the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2141 | Intro
Sine Die | Parole; investigation prior to release. Requires the Parole Board to contact the victim, replacing the current requirement to "endeavor diligently" to contact the victim, prior to making any decision to release any inmate on discretionary parole and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2152 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Criminal Justice Services; licensure and regulation of charitable bail organizations. Provides for licensure and regulation by the Department of Criminal Justice Services of "charitable bail organizations," defined in the bill as any en... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1782 | Intro
Sine Die | Wearing masks during commission of a crime or acts of intimidation or harassment; penalty. Changes the prohibition on wearing a mask in certain places to make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to, with the intent to conceal his identity, wear a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1748 | Intro
Sine Die | Actions against real estate appraisers or appraisal Actions against real estate appraisers or appraisal management companies; statute of limitations. Provides that no action for damages or other relief alleging that a certified general real estate ap... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1781 | Intro
Sine Die | Intentional injury to property or a monument or memorial; penalty. Reduces from a Class 6 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for damages of $1,000 or more for the crime of intentional injury or destruction of (i) any property, real or person... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1757 | Intro
Sine Die | Firearm-free zones designated by the Commonwealth or a locality; waiver of sovereign immunity. Provides that if (i) the Commonwealth designates any property owned by it as a firearm-free zone or (ii) any locality designates such locality or any part ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1779 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2011 | Intro
Sine Die | Parole; investigation prior to release; notice to victim. Requires the Parole Board to contact all victims of a crime for which a prisoner is incarcerated and eligible for parole and notify them that they may request that the Board only notify the vi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2041 | Intro
Sine Die | Best interests of the child; assuring frequent and continuing contact with both parents. Provides that, in determining the best interests of the child for purposes of custody and visitation arrangements, upon request of either party, the court shall ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1972 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes. Provides that individual votes of the members of the Virginia Parole Board shall be public records and subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1761 | Intro
Sine Die | Parole; investigation prior to release. Provides that the Parole Board shall contact the victim prior to making any decision to release any inmate on discretionary parole. The bill provides that the term "victim" includes a spouse, parent, sibling, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1762 | Intro
Sine Die | Parole; monthly report. Requires that the monthly report issued by the Virginia Parole Board regarding actions taken on the parole of prisoners includes the offenses of which prisoners considered for parole were convicted, the jurisdictions in which ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2303 | Intro
Sine Die | Possession of controlled substances; penalties. Reduces the penalty for possession of a Schedule I or II Possession of controlled substances; penalties. Reduces the penalty for possession of a Schedule I or II controlled substance from a Class 5 felo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1777 | Intro
Sine Die | Serious or Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program; definition of serious or habitual juvenile offender. Changes the definition of a serious or habitual juvenile offender for the purposes of the Serious or Habitual Offender Comprehensive Actio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB2334 | Intro
Sine Die | Damage to motor vehicles; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to commit larceny of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle, regardless of the converter's value. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for a person to willfully break,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1938 | Intro
Sine Die | Destroying or tampering with firefighting or emergency medical services equipment or law-enforcement equipment and vehicles; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for injuring, destroying, removing, or tamperin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1802 | Intro
Sine Die | Local government attorneys; prohibiting the handling of matters related to certain wills. Prohibits local government attorneys from handling matters related to a will on behalf of the local government if the attorney was privately retained by an indi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1507 | Intro
Sine Die | Possession of marijuana. Allows for possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. Possession of marijuana. Allows for possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1532 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB102 | Intro
Sine Die | Expungement of certain charges and convictions. Allows a person to petition for expungement of convictions and deferred disposition dismissals for simple larceny or concealment of goods or merchandise when (i) the goods or merchandise consisted of fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB830 | Intro
Sine Die | Expungement of certain charges and convictions. Allows a person to petition for expungement of convictions and deferred disposition dismissals for possession of a controlled substance, marijuana possession, and underage alcohol possession when (i) th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB87 | Intro
Sine Die | Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession; Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for possession of marijuana for persons who are 21 years of age or older. The bill also decrimina... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1192 | Intro
Sine Die | Aboveground storage tanks; Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; civil and criminal penalties. Directs the State Water Control Board to regulate aboveground storage tanks that measure more than 1,320 gallons in capacity and are used to c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB128 | Intro
Sine Die | Expungement of prostitution convictions. Allows a person to petition for expungement of convictions for prostitution when the person was induced to engage in prostitution through the use of force, intimidation, or deception by another. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB291 | Intro
Sine Die | Uniform Collaborative Law Act. Creates the Uniform Collaborative Law Act, which provides a framework for the practice of collaborative law, a process entered into voluntarily by clients for the express purpose of reaching a settlement in a family or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB96 | Intro
Sine Die | Power of attorney; witness or notary public. Requires that a power of attorney signed on or after July 1, 2020, be signed before at least one witness or a notary public. Power of attorney; witness or notary public. Requires that a power of attorney ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB996 | Intro
Sine Die | Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes. Provides that an incarcerated person is eligible for parole if (i) such person was sentenced by a jury prior to the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v. C... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB250 | Intro
Sine Die | Juvenile offenders; parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 25 years of such sentence and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB652 | Intro
Sine Die | Admission to bail; presumption of release on recognizance. Provides that a judicial officer shall release any person taken into custody by an arresting officer for any misdemeanor violation committed in such arresting officer's presence, except for v... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB647 | Intro
Sine Die | Petition for reclassification or expungement of certain convictions and police and court records. Allows a person who has been convicted of (i) a felony or misdemeanor offense that has been decriminalized or otherwise made lawful or (ii) a felony off... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB412 | Intro
Sine Die | Family or household member; definition. Adds to the existing definition of "family or household member" any individual who is in or who, within the previous 12 months, has been in a dating relationship with the person. The definition is used for purp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB50 | Intro
Sine Die | Expungement of police and court records; pardons. Allows a person to petition for the expungement of the police and court records relating to such person's conviction if he has been granted a simple pardon for the crime. Under current law, police and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB476 | Intro
Sine Die | Expungement of police and court records; misdemeanor and nonviolent felony convictions. Allows a person convicted of certain misdemeanors or nonviolent felonies to file a petition requesting expungement of the police and court records relating to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB293 | Intro
Sine Die | Expungement of police and court records; nolle prosequi taken or acquittal. Provides that a court that takes a nolle prosequi or enters a judgment acquitting a person of a criminal charge shall, upon motion of the person, enter an order requiring the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1545 | Intro
Sine Die | Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; act of domestic terrorism enhancement. Provides that in addition to any increase in the midpoint of an initial recommended sentencing range already calculated for a defendant's criminal history, a defenda... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1381 | Intro
Sine Die | Special education; due process hearings; nonattorney representatives. Permits a school division and the parents of a child with a disability in the school division to be accompanied and advised by any nonattorney with special knowledge or training wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB1224 | Intro
Sine Die | Conditional release of geriatric prisoners; exceptions. Prohibits persons serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction of murder in the first degree or a sexually violent offense, if the offense resulting in such conviction occurred on or after July ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Courts of Justice Committee |