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2009 SESSION

Criminal Procedure
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  • HB 1596 Protective order; notification of service by local police department, sheriff's office, etc.
  • HB 1670 Fines and costs; waiver of payment of interest for incarcerated persons.
  • HB 1695 Driving without a license; person may be placed under arrest if previously convicted of offense.
  • HB 1748 Concealed handgun permit; no requirement for fingerprinting if previously issued permit.
  • HB 1755 Death penalty; abolished for all Class 1 felonies committed on or after July 1, 2009.
  • HB 1801 Conservators of peace, special; those employed by locality authorized to use flashing blue lights.
  • HB 1811 Deferred disposition; allows court to defer & dismiss any criminal case other than Class 4 felonies.
  • HB 1813 Criminal conviction; expungement of record upon showing opportunities for employment are prejudiced.
  • HB 1842 Emergency protective order; authority of magistrate or judge to issue in cases of sexual battery.
  • HB 1850 Medical examiner reports; admissibility of contents in any preliminary hearing.
  • HB 1857 Protective orders; issuance upon conviction in cases of family abuse.
  • HB 1859 Elected or appointed officials; limit attorney-issued subpoenas unless subject matter is unrelated.
  • HB 1866 Court-established community service programs; court shall establish.
  • HB 1874 Magistrates; issuance of felony arrest warrants.
  • HB 1888 Writ of fieri facias; repeals statutory mandate that every officer endorse thereon date & time.
  • HB 1897 Visitation, supervised; contact between parent & child that occurs with court-approved supervisor.
  • HB 1921 Criminal Justice Services, Department of; Board to waive fee for licensure & renewal thereof.
  • HB 1954 Driving under influence of alcohol; law-enforcement officer to arrest without warrant.
  • HB 1961 Special conservation police officers; those appointed after 10/1/09 shall have valid registration.
  • HB 1968 Sentencing order; failing to comply.
  • HB 1984 Physicians and patients; eliminates limiting patient's health information introduced at trial .
  • HB 2004 Firearm silencer; shifts burden of proof that firearm is registered from State to defendant.
  • HB 2016 Abduction and kidnapping; definition.
  • HB 2060 Mental health law; amends statutes to address issues resulting from overhaul thereof.
  • HB 2108 Electronic video and audio communication, two-way; if available for a hearing, judge shall use.
  • HB 2136 Misdemeanor arrest or summons; gives law-enforcement officer choice of issuing summons & releasing.
  • HB 2179 Trials; credit for time spent in confinement discretionary with court.
  • HB 2241 Detector canine handler & examiner; Dept. of Criminal Justice Service to provide partial exemption.
  • HB 2245 Driving under influence of alcohol; law-enforcement officer to arrest without warrant.
  • HB 2263 Animal control officers; moves oversight & governance thereof to Dept. of Criminal Justice Services.
  • HB 2309 Probationer, supervised; not be kept under probation solely because of failure to make payment.
  • HB 2312 Writs; requirements for actual innocence.
  • HB 2363 Criminal cases; admissibility of prior inconsistent statements.
  • HB 2367 Protective order; aiding and abetting violation thereof, penalty.
  • HB 2381 Protective orders; court may include therein provisions for protection of companion animals, etc.
  • HB 2391 Foreign service; search warrant for electronic communications.
  • HB 2403 Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; electronic filing of claims.
  • HB 2468 Marijuana; expungement of charges.
  • HB 2489 Assault and battery; penalty when against family or household member.
  • HB 2541 Criminal records checks; required for licensure to practice as real estate licensees.
  • HB 2553 Suspended operators license; forfeiture of motor vehicle for driving therewith.
  • HB 2567 Probation; Department of Corrections to develop supervision plan when offender placed on probation.
  • HB 2580 Illegal immigrants; removes Code provision that prohibits an arrest thereof more frequently.
  • HB 2611 Protective orders; law-enforcement officer may effect service by serving person subject to order.
  • HB 2623 Multijurisdiction grand jury; jurisdiction to include investigation of trademark infringement.
  • HB 2624 Central Va. Criminal Justice Acad.; may enter into agreemt. to train private correctional personnel.
  • HB 2627 Alcoholic beverage control; unlawful possession, affirmative defense.
  • HB 2635 Warrants, local; authorizes local governments to publish information relating thereto.
  • HB 2637 Arrests; requires fingerprints be taken and forwarded to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
  • HB 2640 Criminal Justice Services Board; increase of membership.
  • HB 2650 Citizens' Right to Know: Pretrial Release Act; pretrial agencies keep detailed record & case record.
  • SB 812 Warrants, local; authorizes local governments to publish information relating thereto.
  • SB 839 Protective order; notification of service by local police department, sheriff's office, etc.
  • SB 844 Fines and costs; waiver of payment of interest while defendant was incarcerated.
  • SB 912 Interpreter; appointed for non-English-speaking defendant.
  • SB 915 Children; court to obtain & submit to Dept. of Social Services names, etc. of defendants' children.
  • SB 939 Indigent defendants; right to ex parte hearing for appointment of experts in capital cases.
  • SB 950 Dogs, dangerous and vicious; any person may apply to magistrate for issuance of summons.
  • SB 960 Credit cards; clarifies language allowing acceptance thereof by clerks to make it clear.
  • SB 1009 Electronic communication service providers, etc.; search warrants executed upon.
  • SB 1083 Mental health law; amends statutes to address issues resulting from overhaul thereof.
  • SB 1129 Warrants, local; local governments to publish information relating thereto.
  • SB 1130 Regional Criminal Justice Academy Training Fund; limits fee that locality may charge to support.
  • SB 1136 Grand larceny; threshold amount.
  • SB 1196 Behavioral Correction Program; created.
  • SB 1197 Identity theft; relieves victim thereof of any fees for filing petition to expunge.
  • SB 1256 Homicide; prosecution regardless of amount of time that has passed between act or omission.
  • SB 1268 Electronic video and audio communication, two-way; if available in criminal proceeding, judge use.
  • SB 1289 Criminal conviction record; person convicted of certain criminal offenses to petition.
  • SB 1307 Transport of prisoners; minimum standards therefor by persons other than law-enforcement officers.
  • SB 1340 School teachers as witnesses; party in any case involving custody of minor child may have subpoena.
  • SB 1362 Suppress evidence, etc.; criminal defendant to state grounds for a motion thereto.
  • SB 1363 Criminal procedure; compensation of court-appointed counsel.
  • SB 1380 Probation revocation and suspended sentence revocation worksheets; court to utilize in all cases.
  • SB 1381 Writs of actual innocence; ability to petition for, based on previously unknown biological evidence.
  • SB 1391 Criminal convictions; DNA Notification, report.
  • SB 1407 Criminal history record checks; adds Rita Welsh Adult Literacy Program to agencies to receive free.
  • SB 1422 Crimes, several; penalties.
  • SB 1426 Magistrates; refer complaints alleging felony offense to law-enforcement agency.
  • SB 1436 Crime victims; no law-enforcement officer shall inquire into immigration status of victim of crime.