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2012 SESSION
HB 212 Asset forfeiture; forfeited drug assets are to be distributed in accordance with Constitution.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Asset forfeiture. Provides that forfeited drug assets are to be distributed in accordance with Article VIII, Section 8 of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill also provides that the seizing agency may request that forfeited drug assets be destroyed and that the circuit court may so order. The bill also provides that gambling asset forfeitures are governed by Chapter 22.1 (§ 19.2-386.1 et seq.) of Title 19.2 of the Code of Virginia and removes section-specific procedures.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101832D
- 01/09/12 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/13/12 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/25/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/12 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/12 House: Read first time
- 02/02/12 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/12 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/12 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/27/12 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)