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SB 1426 Magistrates; refer complaints alleging felony offense to law-enforcement agency.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Power of magistrates to issue felony arrest warrants. Provides that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for a felony offense upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer without prior consultation by the magistrate with the attorney for the Commonwealth or, if no attorney for the Commonwealth is available, without prior consultation with a law-enforcement agency. The bill also provides that a written complaint shall be required whenever practicable if the complainant is not a law-enforcement officer.
FULL TEXT
- 01/15/09 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 098654220 pdf
- 02/09/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 091553220-S1 pdf
- 02/20/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090951220-H1 pdf
- 03/09/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1426ER) pdf
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/15/09 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 098654220
- 01/15/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/09 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/09/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 091553220-S1
- 02/10/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 Senate: Read second time
- 02/10/09 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/10/09 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 091553220-S1
- 02/10/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1426S1
- 02/10/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/09 House: Read first time
- 02/13/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/09 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/18/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
- 02/20/09 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090951220-H1
- 02/24/09 House: Read second time
- 02/25/09 House: Read third time
- 02/25/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 090951220-H1
- 02/25/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1426H1
- 02/25/09 House: Passed House with substitute (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/25/09 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/26/09 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/09 Senate: Title replaced 090951220-H1
- 03/09/09 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1426ER)
- 03/09/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 291 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291)