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2013 SESSION

Convened January 9, 2013
Adjourned sine die February 23, 2013
Reconvened April 3, 2013
Adjourned sine die April 3, 2013


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(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation
(C) Carried over from 2012 Session (CD) Carried over but died in committee on or before 11/29/2012
Application of foreign law; court decisions and contracts will be void as violation of public policy of State. Adding §§ 8.01-465.26 through 8.01-465.30. (Patron-Morris, HB 631 (CD))
Application of foreign law; court decisions will be void as violation of public policy of State. Adding § 8.01-465.26. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 825 (CD))
Circuit court clerk; submission of trial court record in electronic form to appellate court. Amending § 17.1-258.6. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 1654 (F))
Circuit court clerks; allowed to establish and maintain their own case management systems, etc., clerk shall submit data in format acceptable to Central Criminal Records Exchange. Amending §§ 17.1-295 and 17.1-502. (Patron-Iaquinto, HB 1716 (Chapter 422))
Circuit court clerks; electronic filing and records, remote access. Amending §§ 17.1-208, 17.1-258.3 through 17.1-258.4, 17.1-276, 17.1-292, 17.1-293, and 17.1-295. (Patron-Iaquinto, HB 1715 (Chapter 77))
Circuit court clerks; revises various powers and duties for certification of records, assessment of fees, etc. Amending §§ 8.01-389, 8.01-446, 17.1-275, 17.1-275.5, 17.1-295, 46.2-383, 55-137.1, and 63.2-1245; repealing § 17.1-247. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 1658 (Chapter 263))
Circuit court judges; increases number in Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. Amending § 17.1-507. (Patron-Peace, HB 2093 (F))
Circuit court judges; increases number in Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, decreases number in Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. Amending § 17.1-507. (Patron-Peace, HB 274 (CD))
Circuit court judges; restricts appointment to office if either house of General Assembly fails to elect. Amending § 16.1-69.9:2. (Patron-Cole, HB 1338 (F); Black, SB 693 (F))
Clerks’ fees; collection of restitution payments by circuit court clerk. Amending § 17.1-275. (Patron-Stanley, SB 752 (F))
Concealed handgun permits and carrying concealed weapons; reorganizing and recodifying law. Amending §§ 15.2-915.3, 16.1-260, 17.1-406, 18.2-57.3, 18.2-287.01, 18.2-308, 18.2-311, 19.2-83.1, 19.2-120.1, 19.2-386.27, and 19.2-386.28; adding §§ 18.2-307.1 and 18.2-308.01 through 18.2-308.015. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 923 (CD))
Concealed handgun permits and concealed weapons; reorganizing and recodifying law related to carrying. Amending §§ 16.1-260, 17.1-406, 18.2-57.3, 18.2-287.01, 18.2-308, 18.2-311, 19.2-83.1, 19.2-120.1, 19.2-386.27, 19.2-386.28, and 24.2-643; adding §§ 18.2-307.1 and 18.2-308.01 through 18.2-308.015. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 1833 (Chapter 746))
Conservators of the peace, special; any museum owned and managed by State to apply for appointment by circuit court. Amending § 19.2-13. (Patron-Webert, HB 2058 (Chapter 122); Edwards, SB 1048 (Chapter 105))
Contempt appeal; allows circuit court judge to sit without a jury to hear from judgment of district court. Amending § 18.2-459. (Patron-Stanley, SB 870 (Chapter 615))
Criminal activity; authorizes attorney for State to petition circuit court to freeze an account or safe deposit box owned or held by person charged. Adding § 19.2-10.3. (Patron-Ramadan, HB 2267 (F))
Criminal conviction; appeals to Court of Appeals or Supreme Court based on erroneously admitted evidence. Adding § 19.2-324.1. (Patron-Miller, HB 2338 (Chapter 675))
Deeds; circuit court clerk has authority to reject any deed or recordation for filing, duty of clerk to record writings, etc. Amending § 17.1-223. (Patron-Lewis, HB 1507 (Chapter 193))
District court or circuit court clerk; records sent to DMV. Amending § 46.2-383. (Patron-Iaquinto, HB 1714 (F))
Electronic filing in civil proceedings; circuit court clerk with an electronic filing system established in accordance with Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia may charge an additional $2 fee, exemption for indigent persons. Amending § 17.1-258.3. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 1652 (Chapter 74))
Environmental courts; district court or circuit court may establish, specialized court dockets. Adding § 17.1-516.1. (Patron-O’Quinn, HB 1768 (F))
General district court or juvenile and domestic relations district court; an appeal of judgment in civil case to circuit court, papers shall be transmitted to an appellate court in case of an appeal of protective order or an appeal of civil offense. Amending §§ 16.1-69.55, 16.1-94.1, 16.1-112, and 16.1-296.2. (Patron-Iaquinto, HB 1483 (F))
Judges; election in circuit court, general district court, juvenile and domestic relations district court, and Auditor of Public Accounts. (Patron-Cline, HJR 729 (P))
Judges; nomination for election to circuit court. (Patron-Cline, HR 125 (P); McDougle, SR 26 (P))
Judicial conferences; restricts meetings to no more than once every other year. Amending §§ 16.1-220 and 17.1-708. (Patron-McDougle, SB 1058 (F))
Judicial Council; directed to report on law clerks used by appellate and circuit courts. (Patron-Surovell, HB 1911 (F))
Land records; requires Supreme Court of Virginia to make available to courts access to databases for use in indigency determinations. (Patron-Garrett, SB 825 (F))
Larceny; court may require accused to undergo an assessment and enter treatment or education program, if first offense may be placed on probation. Amending §§ 16.1-69.48:1, 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.7, 19.2-303.4, 19.2-335, and 19.2-336; adding § 18.2-96.2. (Patron-Reeves, SB 71 (CD))
Local government records; clarifies authority of Auditor of Public Accounts, annual audit to include clerk of circuit court. Amending § 15.2-2511. (Patron-Ruff, SB 1124 (Chapter 392))
Medical records or reports; method for introducing into evidence in general district court and appeals to circuit court. Amending § 16.1-88.2. (Patron-Joannou, HB 1815 (Chapter 78))
Online case management system; circuit court judge may order removal of defendant’s name. Amending § 17.1-293. (Patron-Loupassi, HB 1542 (F))
Senior judge system; National Center for State Courts to study feasibility and effect of implementing for circuit and district courts. (Patron-Albo, HB 1435 (Chapter 413))
Sentencing guidelines; definition of violent felony. Amending § 17.1-805. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 1746 (Chapter 424); Stuart, SB 1214 (Chapter 647))
Social services, district board of; establishes process for withdrawal by local governing body of county or city, petition to circuit court for approval of transition plan. Adding § 63.2-306.1. (Patron-Tyler, HB 2270 (Chapter 315))
Writ of actual innocence; petition by juvenile adjudicated delinquent by a circuit court of felony charge. Amending §§ 19.2-327.1, 19.2-327.2, 19.2-327.3, 19.2-327.5, and 19.2-327.10 through 19.2-327.13. (Patron-Habeeb, HB 1308 (Chapter 170))

2013 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, and Resolutions - For additional information, please contact the House of Delegates Information and Public Relations Office, P. O. Box 406, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23218, telephone (804) 698-1500.