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- HB 1775 State Corporation Commission; access to local land records.
- HB 1801 Disposing of litter; penalty.
- HB 1806 Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections.
- HB 1814 Garnishment of wages; protected portion of disposable earnings.
- HB 1821 Experiencing or reporting overdoses; prohibits arrest and prosecution.
- HB 1852 Uniform Collaborative Law Act; created.
- HB 1853 Lawyers; client accounts.
- HB 1856 Estate planning documents; electronic execution, definitions, codifies Uniform Electronic Wills Act.
- HB 1866 Court-appointed special advocates; information sharing.
- HB 1867 Victims of crime; compensation, reporting requirement.
- HB 1878 Juvenile intake and petition; appeal to a magistrate on a finding of no probable cause.
- HB 1882 Deeds of trust; amendment to loan document, statement of interest rate of a refinanced mortgage.
- HB 1895 Fines and costs; accrual of interest, deferral or installment payment agreements.
- HB 1897 Summons for unlawful detainer; notice to tenant, adverse employment actions prohibited.
- HB 1911 No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement.
- HB 1912 Child support payments; juvenile in custody of or committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
- HB 1936 Robbery; penalties.
- HB 1941 Law-enforcement officer; discharge of firearm, etc., release of video or audio recording.
- HB 1951 Suicide; abolishes the common-law crime.
- HB 1991 Juveniles; release and review hearing for serious offender, plea agreement.
- HB 1992 Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.
- HB 2002 Child support; health care coverage, eligibility requirements.
- HB 2010 Earned sentence credits; rate at which sentence rates may be earned, prerequisites.
- HB 2012 Protective orders; violations of preliminary child protective order, changes punishment, etc.
- HB 2017 Juvenile offenders; youth justice diversion programs, report.
- HB 2018 Emergency order for adult protective services; acts of violence, force, or financial exploitation.
- HB 2038 Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; limitations on sentence, technical violation.
- HB 2047 Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual, etc.
- HB 2055 Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment/underemployment.
- HB 2056 Status offenders; willful and material violation of court order or terms of probation.
- HB 2064 Recording an electronic document; electronic notarial certificate.
- HB 2073 Wrongful death statute of limitations; criminal investigations by law enforcement.
- HB 2099 Judgments; limitations on enforcement, judgment liens, settlement agents, effective date.
- HB 2110 Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis.
- HB 2113 Criminal records; establishes a process for automatic expungement, etc., report.
- HB 2132 Homicides and assaults and bodily woundings; certain matters not to constitute defenses.
- HB 2133 Commercial sex trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims.
- HB 2139 Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latent injury or disease.
- HB 2147 Human Rights, Division of; renamed as Office of Civil Rights.
- HB 2150 Jurisdiction over criminal cases; certification or appeal of charges.
- HB 2167 Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports, discretionary early consideration.
- HB 2168 Illegal gambling; skill games, enforcement by localities and Attorney General, civil penalty.
- HB 2169 Prostitution; reorganizes the statute penalizing into two distinct sections.
- HB 2190 Wrongful death; beneficiaries.
- HB 2192 Support orders; contents of orders, change in employment status, unemployment benefits.
- HB 2193 Settlement agreements; staying of dismissal.
- HB 2194 Communicating threats of death or bodily injury to a person with intent to intimidate; penalties.
- HB 2233 Orders of restitution; docketed on behalf of victim, enforcement.
- HB 2234 Victims of sex trafficking; affirmative defense to prosecution for certain offenses.
- HB 2236 Behavioral health docket; transfer of supervision.
- HB 2254 Unlawful dissemination of unsolicited obscene image of self to another; penalty.
- HB 2258 Substantial Risk Order Registry; maintenance by State Police.
- HB 2263 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty, repeals certain provisions.
- HB 2286 Court appearance of a person not free on bail; changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, etc.
- HB 2290 Larceny; repeals punishment for conviction of second or subsequent misdemeanor.
- HB 2312 Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc.
- HB 2317 Sexual and Domestic Violence, Advisory Committee on; increases membership, duties.
- HB 2331 Mandatory minimum sentences; elimination, modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term.
- HJ 629 Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; appointment of Chairman.