19104837D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2136
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice
on January 21, 2019)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Thomas)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-270.8, relating to evidence; accident reconstruction expert; criminal cases.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-270.8 as follows:

§19.2-270.8. Testimony of accident reconstruction expert.

In any criminal case, an accident reconstruction expert, when properly qualified, may testify as an expert witness in a court of law subject to the Rules of Supreme Court.