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HB 2453 Bail and recognizances; magistrate's checklist, surety's basis for request for capias.
Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Bail and recognizances; magistrate's checklist; surety's basis for request for capias. Requires a magistrate who conducts a bail hearing for a person arrested on a warrant or capias for a jailable offense to describe, on a form provided by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, the information considered in conducting such hearing, including (i) the nature and circumstances of the offense, (ii) whether a firearm was used in the offense, (iii) the financial resources of the accused, (iv) the character and appearance of the accused, and (v) the criminal history of the accused. The bill requires such magistrate to transmit such completed form to the circuit court or district before which the warrant or capias is returnable. The bill also requires a surety on a bond in recognizance to state the basis for which a capias is being requested from the court on the surety's application for the capias. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104059D pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/19 House: Printed as engrossed 19104059D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2453ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104059D
- 01/09/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/18/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 House: Read first time
- 01/24/19 House: Read second time
- 01/24/19 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/24/19 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2453E
- 01/24/19 House: Printed as engrossed 19104059D-E
- 01/25/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/06/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/11/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/14/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2453ER)
- 02/14/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/14/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/18/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- 02/18/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 02/27/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 176 (effective 7/1/19)
- 02/27/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)