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2015 SESSION

15101632D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2049
Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled January 14, 2015
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 12 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-190.1, relating to preliminary hearing; certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses.
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Patron-- Bell, Robert B.
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 12 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-190.1 as follows:

§ 19.2-190.1. Certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses.

Upon certification of any felony offense pursuant to this chapter, the court shall also certify any ancillary misdemeanor offense to the clerk of the circuit court provided that the attorney for the Commonwealth and the accused consent to such certification. Any misdemeanor offense certified pursuant to this section shall proceed in the same manner as a felony offense certified pursuant to § 19.2-190.