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2009 SESSION
HB 1843 Civil commitment of sexually violent predators; changes including access to sealed records, etc.
Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Civil commitment of sexually violent predators; penalties. Makes a number of changes, including requiring that the court records for certain sexual misdemeanors be retained for 50 years rather than 10 years; allowing access to records of juvenile court and the Department of Juvenile Justice; addressing challenges to filing defects, including defendants under the Commitment Review Committee; allowing access to sealed records; extending from 60 to 90 days the time for a probable cause hearing and allowing the respondent to waive his right to such hearing; setting a standard for the court to find probable cause; and extending from 90 to 120 the number of days after the probable cause hearing for conduct of the trial.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090850806 pdf | impact statements
- 02/04/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090933520-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 091465520-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/09 Senate: Floor substitute printed 091475228-S2 (Edwards) pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/09 House: Conference substitute printed 091478520-H2 pdf
- 03/09/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1843ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090850806
- 01/12/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/09 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/02/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
- 02/04/09 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090933520-H1
- 02/06/09 House: Read first time
- 02/08/09 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/09 House: Read second time
- 02/09/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 090933520-H1
- 02/09/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1843H1
- 02/10/09 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/10/09 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/09 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/23/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/09 Senate: Subject matter referred by letter to Crime Commission purusant to Senate Rule 20 (L)
- 02/23/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 091465520-S1
- 02/24/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/09 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/09 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 091465520-S1
- 02/25/09 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/25/09 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/26/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/09 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/26/09 Senate: Floor substitute printed 091475228-S2 (Edwards)
- 02/26/09 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/26/09 Senate: Amendments by Senator Stolle agreed to (22-Y 16-N)
- 02/26/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1843S1
- 02/26/09 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/09 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/26/09 House: Senate substitute with amendments rejected by House (1-Y 72-N)
- 02/26/09 House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (1-Y 72-N)
- 02/26/09 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/09 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/26/09 House: House acceded to request
- 02/26/09 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/26/09 House: Delegates: Griffith, Bell, Watts
- 02/26/09 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/26/09 Senate: Senators: Edwards, Marsh, Obenshain
- 02/28/09 House: Conference substitute printed 091478520-H2
- 02/28/09 House: Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (89-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/09 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/09 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1843ER)
- 03/09/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/30/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 740 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/30/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740)