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2016 SESSION
HB 1088 Magistrates; appointment and supervision.
Introduced by: Benjamin L. Cline | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Magistrates; appointment and supervision. Reinstates supervisory control over the magistrate system with the chief circuit court judge and the Committee on District Courts and abolishes magisterial regions. In 2008, appointment of and supervisory authority over magistrates was transferred to the Executive Secretary of the Virginia Supreme Court with a provision for consultation with the chief judges of the circuit courts in the region where the appointment is made.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102989D pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105434D-H1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102989D
- 01/13/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/27/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 4-N)
- 02/08/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 3-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105434D-H1
- 02/10/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/18/16 House: Left in Appropriations