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2001 SESSION
SB 802 Convicts as witnesses in civil actions.
Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Convicts as witnesses in civil actions. Allows a juvenile and domestic relations district court to issue an order to the Department of Corrections to deliver to the sheriff's office in the jurisdiction of the court issuing the order a prisoner who is a witness in an action. Under current law the Department of Corrections is to deliver witnesses in circuit court actions but the statute does not specify where the prisoner is to be delivered. The bill will partially overrule Commonwealth v. Brown, 2000 Va. Lexis 73 (2000), which held that general district courts do not have the statutory authority to issue transportation orders for prisoners confined within a state correctional facility. The bill also provides for the taking of a prisoner's testimony by telephone in certain cases and requires the party seeking the testimony to pay for the transportation costs when the court requires the presence of the prisoner.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/05/00 017010524 pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/01 Senate: Floor substitute printed 019702524-S1 (Reynolds) pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/01 House: Floor substitute printed 019729612-H1 (Armstrong) pdf
- 02/27/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB802ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0513) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/05/00 017010524
- 01/10/01 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/01 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/10/01 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/23/01 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/01 Senate: Read second time
- 01/25/01 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/25/01 Senate: Substitute by Sen. Reynolds agreed to 019702524-S1
- 01/25/01 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute 019702524-S1
- 01/25/01 Senate: Floor substitute printed 019702524-S1 (Reynolds)
- 01/26/01 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/01 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/02/01 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/01 House: Read first time
- 02/02/01 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/01 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (23-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 02/15/01 House: Referred to Appropriations Committee
- 02/15/01 House: VOTE: RECONSIDER (59-Y 39-N)
- 02/15/01 House: Motion to reconsider com. referral agreed to (59-Y 39-N)
- 02/15/01 House: Motion to refer to committee withdrawn
- 02/16/01 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/01 House: Read third time
- 02/19/01 House: Substitute by Del. Armstrong agreed to 019729612-H1
- 02/19/01 House: Floor substitute printed 019729612-H1 (Armstrong)
- 02/19/01 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 019729612-H1
- 02/19/01 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/01 House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/21/01 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/01 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/01 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB802ER)
- 03/02/01 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/02/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/23/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 513 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/27/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0513)