VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2004 SESSION

• | print version

HB 1095 Trials; exclusion of witnesses.

Introduced by: Brian J. Moran | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Exclusion of witnesses in criminal trials. Provides that any victim who is to be called as a witness in a criminal trial shall be exempt from the rule authorizing the exclusion of all witnesses unless, in accordance with the provisions of § 19.2-265.01 (presence of victim would cause impairment of conduct of a fair trial), his exclusion is specifically required.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044490424  pdf
• 03/19/04  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1095ER)  pdf
• 04/12/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044490424
• 01/14/04  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/13/04  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/04  House: Read first time
• 02/16/04  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/17/04  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/04  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/04  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/18/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/18/04  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/25/04  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: Read third time
• 03/01/04  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/19/04  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1095ER)
• 03/19/04  House: Enrolled
• 03/20/04  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/21/04  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/31/04  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/04)
• 04/12/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)