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2007 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Courts of Justice

Chairman: Kenneth W. Stolle

Clerk: Fred Hodnett, Richard Florella
Staff: J. French, M. Felch, D. Cotter
Date of Meeting: January 15, 2007
Time and Place:

S.B. 737 Custody and visitation cases; court may order confidential parental mental health records.

Patron: Cuccinelli

Admissibility of mental health care records in custody and visitation cases.  Repeals the current law which provides that in any case in which custody or visitation of a child is at issue, the mental health records concerning a parent shall be privileged and confidential and the mental health care provider may not be required to testify on behalf of or against a parent or any of the parent's adult relatives.

A BILL to repeal § 20-124.3:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the admissiblity of mental health care records in custody and visitation cases.   

070001720

S.B. 738 Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; authorization of certain judges & special justices.

Patron: Cuccinelli

Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.  Clarifies that retired judges, substitute judges, and special justices are authorized to perform hearings under the Act and to receive compensation therefor.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-336, 16.1-339, 16.1-341, 16.1-345.1, 16.1-348, 37.2-803, and 37.2-804 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.

064689720

S.B. 739 Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; authorization of chief judges of judicial circuits.

Patron: Cuccinelli

Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.  Clarifies that retired judges, substitute judges, and special justices are authorized to perform hearings under the Act. This bill also authorizes the chief judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit (Virginia Beach, Northampton, and Accomack) and the chief judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit (Fairfax County) to appoint special justices for the purpose of performing duties required of a judge under this Act. Such appointed judges are to be paid by the locality in which the special justice was appointed. This bill also states that an emergency exists and that the bill shall go into effect from its passage.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-336, 16.1-339, 16.1-341, 16.1-345.1, 16.1-348, 37.2-803, and 37.2-804 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.

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EMERGENCY

S.B. 741 Involuntary commitment hearings; law students may represent petitioner without practicing attorney.

Patron: Cuccinelli

Involuntary commitment hearings; law students.  Provides that it is not the unauthorized practice of law for a third-year law student enrolled at any law school in the Commonwealth to represent a petitioner in a commitment hearing for involuntary admission without the presence of a practicing attorney. The student must have completed coursework in evidence and trial advocacy and training. The student must inform the petitioner that he is not a licensed attorney, that he may not be compensated for his services, and that he can be held liable only for intentional malfeasance.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3900 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the practice of law; third-year students.

072149720

S.B. 748 Criminal background checks; programs of relig. instruction may obtain fingerprinting for employees.

Patron: Puller

Criminal background checks; fingerprinting.  Provides that programs of religious instruction may obtain full, fingerprint-based criminal background checks for prospective employees.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-392.02 of the Code of Virginia, relating to entities that may obtain national criminal background checks.

070009796

S.B. 776 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; changes as to process and procedures.

Patron: Cuccinelli

Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act.  Makes several changes as to the process and procedures afforded to officers under the procedural guarantee act, clarifying several existing rights and setting forth specific procedures for the questioning of officers and the conduct of a disciplinary hearing.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-500, 9.1-501, 9.1-502, and 9.1-504 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 9.1 a section numbered 9.1-508, relating to the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act.

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S.B. 780 Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order.

Patron: Cuccinelli

Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order.  Modifies one element of the legal standard for involuntary commitment by changing the requirement that individuals present an "imminent danger" to a requirement that individuals present a "significant risk." Emphasizes criteria required for involuntary commitment as found in prior records of treatment and noncompliance with treatment, and demonstrated in reports of witnesses, family members, physicians, or mental health professionals.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-809 of the Code of Virginia, relating to involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order.

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S.B. 800 Criminal history record information; person requesting data may do so with signed job application.

Patron: Ruff

Criminal history record information.  Provides that the requirement that the person on whom the data is being obtained consent under oath to a request for his criminal history record information does not apply if the request is accompanied by a job application signed by the person.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-389 of the Code of Virginia, relating to criminal history record information.

074312812

S.B. 804 Easements; landlocked parcels.

Patron: Ruff

Easements; landlocked parcels.  Requires, beginning July 1, 2007, that no parceled land can be subdivided so as to have a landlocked parcel unless a permanent, 20-foot right of way is provided. Property landlocked prior to that date shall have an entrance and exit right-of-way of 20 feet if an existing utility right-of-way permits.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55-50.3, relating to easements.

076398812

S.B. 814 Electronic mail; failure to warn that contains sexually explicit visual material.

Patron: Cuccinelli

Sexually explicit e-mails; penalty.  Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to send a sexually explicit commercial e-mail without including the words "sexually explicit" in capital letters as the subject line and as the opening phrase of the email. There must also be clear and conspicuous identification that the message is an advertisement or solicitation and a clear and conspicuous statement that to avoid viewing the sexually explicit material a recipient should delete the e-mail. These requirements mirror the federal CAN SPAM Act.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-152.3:2, relating to electronic mail; sexually explicit material; penalty.

073071720

S.B. 815 Human Anti-Trafficking Act; created.

Patron: Cuccinelli

Human trafficking; penalties. Establishes the crime of and punishment for human trafficking, a Class 4 felony. Punishes human trafficking, when for the purposes of commercial sex acts or sexually explicit performance, as a Class 2 felony. Provides for civil liability, business entity liability, restitution to victims, and forfeiture of trafficker assets. Adds the crime of human trafficking as a racketeering activity under the Virginia RICO provisions.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-513 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 an article numbered 10, consisting of sections numbered 18.2-76.3 through 18.2-76.9, and by adding in Chapter 22.2 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-386.32, relating to the Human Anti-Trafficking Act; penalties.

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S.B. 826 Notaries public; rewrites law to include electronic notarization & details application requirements.

Patron: Devolites Davis

Notaries public. Rewrites the notary law to include electronic notarization and details the application and technology requirements for electronic notarization. These particular provisions become effective July 1, 2008. In addition, the bill adds that any notary must be a Virginia registered voter, but provisions are retained for certain nonresident employee notaries. A list of prohibited acts for notaries is included (e.g., use of official seal to promote or oppose products, candidates, etc.; use of signature or seal on incomplete documents; committing fraud under the guise of an official act) that subject the notary to suspension, removal, or reprimand as under current law. The bill also increases the Secretary's fee for commissioning a notary from $25 to $35 and allows a fee of $35 for commissioning an electronic notary. The fee for notarizing a document remains at $5, and the fee for electronic notarization is not to exceed $25.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-409, 47.1-2, 47.1-3, 47.1-4, 47.1-5, 47.1-8, 47.1-9, 47.1-10, 47.1-11, 47.1-12, 47.1-13, 47.1-14, 47.1-16, 47.1-17, 47.1-18, 47.1-19, 47.1-20, 47.1-21, 47.1-22, 47.1-23, 47.1-25, and 47.1-30 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 47.1-7, by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 47.1 a section numbered 47.1-11.1, and by adding sections numbered 47.1-15 and 47.1-29.1; and to repeal §§ 47.1-32, 47.1-33, and 47.1-34 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public notaries; electronic public notaries; penalty.

073051726

S.B. 827 Firearms; civil immunity for sellers, and requires criminal records check on transfers.

Patron: Devolites Davis

Transfer of firearms; criminal records check; penalties.  Adds a definition of "firearms show vendor" and requires that a criminal history record information check be performed on the prospective transferee before the vendor may transfer firearms at a gun show. Under current law, only licensed dealers must obtain such a check. The bill also adds the definition of "promoter" and requires that the promoter of a gun show provide vendors with access to licensed dealers who will conduct the criminal background check. The bill also provides that any party who sells, transfers, or trades a firearm shall be immune from all civil liability stemming from the use of the firearm sold, transferred, or traded in the commission of a crime if a criminal background check was conducted prior to the sale, transfer, or trade.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-4200 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 8.01-226.12, 18.2-308.2:4, and 54.1-4201.2, relating to firearm sales; civil immunity; criminal history record information checks; penalties.

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S.B. 828 Magistrates; county or city may assess fixed sum in criminal or traffic cases.

Patron: Devolites Davis

Magistrate salaries; local fee. Allows any county or city to assess $5 as part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case in which the defendant is convicted of a violation of any statute or ordinance. Proceeds of these assessments shall be used to add to the fixed compensation of magistrates.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-46.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to magistrate salaries; local fee.

075051726

S.B. 833 Intoxication in public; penalty.

Patron: Devolites Davis

Drunk in public.  Provides that a third conviction of being intoxicated in public or profanely cursing in public is a Class 2 misdemeanor (confinement in jail for not more than six months or a fine of not more than $1000, either or both). First and second convictions will remain a Class 4 misdemeanor (a fine of not more than $250).

A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-388 of the Code of Virginia, relating to intoxication in public; penalty.

075054726

S.B. 855 Department of Criminal Justice Services; bail bondsmen.

Patron: Reynolds

Department of Criminal Justice Services; bail bondsmen.  Repeals the provision that requires all nonresident transfers and applicants for a bail bondsman license to satisfy all licensing requirements for residents of the Commonwealth. Also eliminated is the reciprocity provision for any individual whose physical place of residence and physical place of business are in a county or city located partly within the Commonwealth and partly within another state.

A BILL to repeal § 9.1-185.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Criminal Justice Services; bail bondsmen. 

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S.B. 858 Strategic lawsuits against public participation; summary dismissal.

Patron: Reynolds

Strategic lawsuits against public participation; summary dismissal. Provides that in cases where the right to petition under the Virginia or United States Constitution is invoked as a defense, counterclaim, or cross-claim, a lawsuit brought maliciously and with the intent to harass the party invoking the right to petition may be subject to dismissal. Courts are also given the authority to impose sanctions on the parties bringing such lawsuits.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered § 8.01-223.2, relating to strategic lawsuits against public participation; summary dismissal.

070038808

S.B. 859 Number of circuit court judges in the 27th Circuit.

Patron: Reynolds

Number of circuit court judges in the 27th Circuit.  Adds one judge to the 27th Circuit (Galax, Radford, Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe).

A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-507 of the Code of Virginia, relating to number of circuit court judges in the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit.

078238808

S.B. 873 Criminal procedure; collection of unpaid fines and costs.

Patron: McDougle

Criminal procedure; collection of unpaid fines and costs.  Authorizes private attorneys and collection agencies, pursuant to an agreement with the attorney for the Commonwealth, access to a defendant's social security number to assist in the collection effort of unpaid fines, costs, forfeitures, and penalties.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-349 of the Code of Virginia, relating to collections of fines, costs, forfeitures, and penalties.

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S.B. 874 Speedy trial for juveniles.

Patron: McDougle

Speedy trial for juveniles.  Adds juveniles under the protections afforded by the speedy trial act.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-243 of the Code of Virginia, relating to speedy trial for juveniles.

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S.B. 876 Crimes; gangs; definition of predicate criminal act.  

Patron: McDougle

Crimes; gangs; definition of predicate criminal act.  Allows a person to be charged for criminal street gang participation for the first offense of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing or possessing a controlled substance or imitation controlled substance with the intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute the substance. Currently, a person can only be charged for criminal street gang participation for a second or subsequent violation of such crime.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-46.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the definition of predicate criminal act as used in the crimes by gangs statutes.

078999766

S.B. 877 Issuance of witness summonses by criminal defense counsel.

Patron: McDougle

Issuance of witness summonses by criminal defense counsel. Provides that the attorney for the defendant may issue a witness summons.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-267 of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuance of witness summonses by criminal defense counsel.

077004766

S.B. 879 Methamphetamine precursors; electronic log.

Patron: Deeds

Methamphetamine precursors; electronic log. Requires that the log currently required to be maintained by sellers of products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or isomers or any salts of isomers must be kept in electronic format. The Board of Pharmacy is required to establish and maintain the log and ensure that the log is capable of checking compliance against all state, local and federal laws, including interfacing with other states to ensure comprehensive compliance.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-248.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sale of methamphetamine precursors; electronic log.

073173724

S.B. 880 Expungement of police and court records.

Patron: Deeds

Expungement of police and court records.  Allows an expungement hearing to occur immediately following an acquittal or dismissal. The bill also provides an automatic expungement if the convicted person has been granted a writ of actual innocence.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-392.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to expungement of police and court records.

078108724

S.B. 881 Manion, Kevin Carder; parents awarded handgun for his noteworthy service to Department of State Pol.

Patron: Deeds

Awards service handgun of Trooper Kevin Carder Manion.  Awards the service handgun of Trooper Kevin Carder Manion to his parents, William K. and Frances Carder Manion.

A BILL to award a service handgun to the parents of Trooper Kevin Carder Manion.

073170724

S.B. 884 Retrieving hunting dogs.

Patron: Deeds

Retrieving hunting dogs.  Requires hunters retrieving their hunting dogs from a landowner's property to identify themselves when requested by the landowner.  A hunter who refuses to identify himself is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-133 of the Code of Virginia, relating to identifying oneself when retrieving hunting dogs.

072513724

S.B. 886 Limits on driving on a restricted permit.

Patron: Deeds

Limits on driving on a restricted permit.  Provides that a person who may drive on a restricted permit may drive in pursuit of health care services, including medically necessary transportation of any member of the person's family or household who is either incapable of or prohibited from operating a motor vehicle. Currently, the restriction is narrower, allowing such person to drive an elderly parent for a medical necessity and to drive minor children to medical care facilities.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-271.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to permissible criteria for driving on a restricted license.

073029724

S.B. 890 Involuntary mental health commitment; emergency custody orders.

Patron: Deeds

Involuntary mental health commitment; emergency custody orders.  Allows an emergency custody order to include transportation to a medical facility for a pre-admission medical evaluation if required by the hospital to which the person is being transported. The amount of time a person can remain in custody under an emergency custody order is extended from four to six hours to accommodate such an evaluation.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-808 of the Code of Virginia, relating to mental health; emergency custody orders.

073172724

S.B. 896 Law Enforcement Procedural Guarantee Act.

Patron: Deeds

Law Enforcement Procedural Guarantee Act.  Adds law-enforcement officers employed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the list of those officers covered by the Law Enforcement Procedural Guarantee Act.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-500 of the Code of Virginia, relating to protection under the Law Enforcement Procedural Guarantee Act.

074410724

S.B. 932 Protective orders; companion animals and livestock.

Patron: Ticer

Protective orders; companion animals and livestock.  Provides that a court may include in a protective order entered under §§ 16.1-253, 16.1-253.1, 16.1-253.4, and 16.1-279.1 provisions for the protection of companion animals and livestock owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by the party, or his family or household members, for whose benefit the protective order was entered.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-253, 16.1-253.1, 16.1-253.4, and 16.1-279.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to protective orders; companion animals, and livestock.

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S.B. 937 Child support; incarcerated obligor.

Patron: Ticer

Child support; incarcerated obligor.  Provides that a court shall recalculate the child support obligation of an obligor who is incarcerated during the support period, the recalculation being retroactive to the date of incarceration. This bill also provides that prisoners and minor obligors are exempt from various fees and costs that may be collected by the Department of Social Services in enforcing support obligations. This bill further provides that reductions in the child support arrearages owed by prisoners and minor obligors should be granted for timely payments of support.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 20-108.1, 20-108.2, 63.2-1921, 63.2-1952, and 63.2-1960 of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 10 of Chapter 19 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-1961, relating to prisoners' responsibility for child support.

073169828

S.B. 945 Income deduction order; remitting payments.

Patron: Quayle

Income deduction order; remitting payments.  Provides that all income deduction orders for support payments require that all employers with at least 100 employees and payroll processing firms with at least 50 clients remit payments under such orders via electronic funds transfer.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 20-79.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to remitting payments for income deduction order by electronic funds transfer.

074287116

S.B. 947 Child custody arrangements.

Patron: Quayle

Child custody arrangements.  Requires parties in custody cases to submit a custody implementation plan prior to the entry of a custody order by the court. If the parties cannot reach an agreement as to a plan, eight hours of mandatory mediation shall be ordered and, if still no agreement is reached, the court shall determine a custody plan. This bill also provides that physical custody of a child should be shared equally between the parties to the extent that such an arrangement is feasible and is in the child's best interests.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 20-124.2 and 20-124.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to child custody arrangements.

079010800

S.B. 948 Pendente lite spousal support; guidelines.

Patron: Quayle

Pendente lite spousal support; guidelines.  Establishes a statewide formula to be used by courts to calculate the presumptive amount of an award of pendente lite spousal support although courts still have the discretion to deviate from the presumptive amount calculated under this formula. Many jurisdictions in the Commonwealth have already adopted different pendente lite spousal support formulae and the purpose of this bill is to make support cases more consistent statewide.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 20-103.1, relating to pendente lite child support formula.

079012800

S.B. 952 Criminal jurors; disqualifications.

Patron: Quayle

Criminal jurors; disqualifications.  Prohibits relatives and persons with an employment relationship to the accused, any alleged victim of the accused, the attorney for the Commonwealth and court officers and employees from serving on the accused's jury.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-262 of the Code of Virginia, relating to juror qualification in criminal cases.

079017800

S.B. 956 Civil procedure; district courts.

Patron: Quayle

Civil procedure; district courts.  Replaces Title 16.1 references to "motion for judgment" with "complaint" to be consistent with the single form of action created by the General Assembly in 2005. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-69.48:2, 16.1-69.53, 16.1-77, 16.1-81, 16.1-82, 16.1-83, 16.1-85, 16.1-86, 16.1-88, 16.1-88.01, 16.1-88.02, 16.1-88.03, 16.1-94, and 16.1-101 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pleadings in district court.

073057160

S.B. 963 George Washington's Grist Mill State Park; Department of Conservation and Recreation to convey.

Patron: Puller

Conveyance of George Washington's Grist Mill State Park.  Specifies that the George Washington's Grist Mill State Park property that the Department of Conservation and Recreation is authorized, pursuant to legislation enacted in 1996 and amended in 1997, to convey to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, Inc., includes parcels that were conveyed to the Department of Conservation and Recreation in 2001.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 803 of the Acts of Assembly of 1996 and § 1 of Chapter 811 of the Acts of Assembly of 1996, both as amended and reenacted by Chapter 580 of the Acts of Assembly of 1997, relating to the authority to convey the George Washington's Grist Mill State Park in Fairfax County.

070193796

S.B. 965 Forensic mental health examinations.

Patron: Puller

Forensic mental health examinations.  Raises from $400 to $750 the cap on expert compensation for a mental health examination in criminal cases other than capital murder.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-175 of the Code of Virginia, relating to forensic mental health exams; compensation of experts.

073059160

S.B. 970 Legal notices or publications; newspapers.

Patron: Howell

Legal notices or publications; newspapers.  Provides that a newspaper that does not have a second-class mailing permit does not need to have a bona fide list of paying subscribers before a court can grant the authority for the newspaper to publish ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements required by law to be published in a newspaper. Currently, such newspapers are required to have a bona fide list of paying subscribers before such authority can be granted.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-324 of the Code of Virginia, relating to newspapers that may be used for legal notices and publications.

078405744

S.B. 972 Victim notification.

Patron: Howell

Victim notification. States that victim notification currently required by to be made by the Department of Corrections and local and regional jails may be made through the Virginia Statewide VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) System or other similar electronic or automated system.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-11.01, 53.1-133.02 and 53.1-160 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electronic victim notification.

070557744

S.B. 978 Methamphetamine precursors; electronic log.

Patron: Edwards

Methamphetamine precursors; electronic log.  Requires that the log currently required to be maintained by sellers of products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or isomers or any salts of isomers must be kept in electronic format. The Board of Pharmacy is required to establish and maintain the log and ensure that the log is capable of checking compliance against all state, local and federal laws, including interfacing with other states to ensure comprehensive compliance. 

A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-248.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sale of methamphetamine precursors; electronic log.

073100728

S.B. 1070 Garnishment summons; claims of exemption.

Patron: McDougle

Garnishment summons; claims of exemption.  Provides that the garnishee is not required to determine whether any funds held on behalf of a judgment debtor are subject to a claim of exemption. The responsibility to claim any exemption rests with the judgment debtor pursuant to § 8.01-512.4.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-511 of the Code of Virginia, relating to garnishment summons.

078239766

S.B. 1083 Property conveyance; former Virginia State Police Headquarters.

Patron: Puckett

Property conveyance; former Virginia State Police Headquarters.  Conveys the former Virginia State Police Headquarters on State Route 83 near the area known as Vansant, Virginia to the County of Buchanan.

A BILL to authorize the Commonwealth to convey certain property in the County of Buchanan.

072859792

S.B. 1174 Number of circuit court judges.

Patron: Stolle

Number of circuit court judges. Adds one judge to each of the following circuits: 10th (Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward); 26th (Harrisonburg, Winchester, Clarke, Fredrick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren); 27th (Galax, Radford, Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe); and 30th (Norton, Lee, Scott, Wise).

A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-507 of the Code of Virginia, relating to number of circuit court judges.

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S.B. 1175 Number of district court judges.

Patron: Stolle

Number of district court judges. Increases the number of general district court judges by one in each of the following districts: 2nd (Virginia Beach); 11th (Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Powhatan, Amelia, Nottoway); 26th (Harrisonburg, Winchester, Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham) and increases the number of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges by one in each of the following districts: 1st (Chesapeake); 28th (Bristol, Smyth, Washington). This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to number of district court judges.

073082160

S.B. 1269 Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.

Patron: Herring

Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices. Clarifies that retired judges, substitute judges, and special justices are authorized to perform hearings under the Act and to receive compensation therefor.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-336, 16.1-339, 16.1-341, 16.1-345.1, 16.1-348, 37.2-803, and 37.2-804 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.

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