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HB 1927 Criminal cases; venue for prosecution.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Venue in criminal cases. Provides that if it cannot readily be determined where a crime was committed in the Commonwealth, venue for the prosecution of the crime may be had in any county or city (i) in which the defendant resides or (ii) in which the defendant is apprehended if he is a nonresident. The bill also provides that venue for offenses related to a homicide offense may be had in the same county or city as venue for the homicide offense. The bill further provides that venue for homicide offenses may be had in any county or city where any part of the victim's body is found.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103490D pdf
- 02/16/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105145D-S1 pdf
- 02/26/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1927ER) pdf
- 03/26/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103490D
- 01/13/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/15 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/26/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/15 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/15 House: Read first time
- 02/02/15 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/15 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/15 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105145D-S1
- 02/17/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15105145D-S1
- 02/19/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1927S1
- 02/19/15 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/23/15 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 15105145D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/15 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1927ER)
- 02/26/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/27/15
- 02/27/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/26/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/26/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)