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2010 SESSION

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HB 293 Circuit courts and judges; clarifies authority.

Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Administration of the circuit court system; authority of circuit court judges.  Clarifies that the executive secretary's responsibility as administrator of the circuit court system does not supersede the authority of the circuit court judges over running the court itself (e.g., setting terms of court, dockets, control of the courtroom, etc.).

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102790D  pdf
• 03/08/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105866D-S1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/11/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102790D
• 01/11/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/15/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: Judicial Systems
• 02/08/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N)
• 02/14/10  House: Read first time
• 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N)
• 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (85-Y 13-N)
• 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 03/03/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
• 03/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
• 03/08/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105866D-S1
• 03/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/10/10  Senate: Read third time
• 03/10/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/10/10  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10105866D-S1
• 03/10/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB293S1
• 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N)
• 03/10/10  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 3-N)
• 03/10/10  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/11/10  House: Passed by temporarily
• 03/11/10  House: Speaker ruled Senate substitute 10105866D-S1 not germane
• 03/11/10  Senate: Chair ruled that bill is not properly before the Senate
• 03/11/10  Senate: Bill and substitute returned to the House of Delegates
• 03/14/10  House: No further action taken
• 03/14/10  House: Failed to pass in House