SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2021 SESSION
Senate Judiciary
MEMBERSHIP
Edwards (Chair), Saslaw, Norment, Lucas, Obenshain, McDougle, Stuart, Stanley, Deeds, Petersen, Surovell, McClellan, Boysko, Morrissey, Peake
MEETS
Monday 8:00 a.m. and Wednesday 30 minutes after adjournment, West Committee Room, Science Museum of Virginia
Failed legislation: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 251 Prostitution-related crimes; minors, increases penalties.
- HB 304 Guardianship and conservatorship petitions; identifying characteristics of the respondent.
- HB 610 Limitations period; previously time-barred actions, sexual abuse, two-year time period to file.
- HB 673 Cruelty to children; increases penalty to a Class 4 felony.
- HB 869 Public defender or any deputies or employees; proportionally supplementing compensation.
- HB 961 Assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, etc.; prohibiting sale, transport, etc., penalties.
- HB 1063 Suicide; abolishes the common-law crime.
- HB 1288 Firearms; purchase, possession, etc., following certain convictions, penalty.
- SB 13 Capitol Square; possessing or transporting a weapon within Square, penalty.
- SB 15 Weapons; carrying into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, penalty.
- SB 32 Corporal punishment of a child with an object; penalty.
- SB 91 Parole; application of statutes.
- SB 223 Juvenile records; expungement.
- SB 285 Intentional or negligent infliction of injury or death; bystander claims for emotional distress.
- SB 353 Outdoor shooting ranges; prohibited adjacent to residential areas, exceptions, civil penalty.
- SB 359 Gifts of real estate; title search required for recordation.
- SB 449 Death penalty; abolishes penalty, including those persons currently under a death sentence.
- SB 490 Firearms; purchase, possession, etc., following a conviction.
- SB 537 Mandatory minimum punishment; limitation.
- SB 550 Dating relationship abuse; penalty.
- SB 618 Specialty dockets; referrals.
- SB 641 Civil action; sale of personal data.
- SB 660 Virginia Equal Pay Act; civil penalties.
- SB 699 Juries; fine for failure to respond to questionnaire.
- SB 721 Orders of restitution; enforcement.
- SB 780 Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.
- SB 802 Death penalty executions; imposes a moratorium.
- SB 803 Attorneys for the Commonwealth; compensation and collection of fees.
- SB 808 Police and court records; expungement of records, misdemeanor and felony convictions.
- SB 813 Virginia High Speed Chase Alert Program; created.
- SB 819 Drug Treatment Court Act; authorization and availability.
- SB 914 Victim of human trafficking; petition for vacatur/expungement of convictions & police/court records.
- SB 947 Police and court records; expungement of records, acquittals.
- SB 973 Judges; maximum number in each judicial circuit and district.
- SB 1060 For good cause shown or upon agreement of all parties; court may dismiss action without prejudice.
- SB 1107 Medical malpractice; limitation on recovery.
- SB 1124 Execution of wills; witnesses to a will required to be disinterested, definition.
- SB 1140 Gifts of real estate; requirements.
- SB 1203 Hate crimes; associational relationships, penalty.
- SB 1230 Criminal cases; transfer to general district court.
- SB 1231 General district courts; filing an order of disposition from a criminal case.
- SB 1240 Criminal sexual assault; penalty when committed by parents, etc., person is 13 yrs. of age, etc.
- SB 1244 Sexually violent predators; repeals sections authorizing civil commitment.
- SB 1250 Firearm rentals; criminal history record information check required, penalty.
- SB 1264 Emergency and preliminary protective orders; expungement of orders.
- SB 1283 Criminal records, certain; establishes a process for the automatic expungement, report.
- SB 1294 Police and court records; fee for filing a petition for expungement.
- SB 1323 Worker classification; qualification of independent contractors.
- SB 1332 Law-enforcement officer; use of deadly force during an arrest or detention.
- SB 1340 Medical debt; statute of limitations to collect.
- SB 1344 Overdoses; arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting.
- SB 1360 Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment, sexual harassment.
- SB 1361 Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; person appointed shall be U.S. citizen, etc.
- SB 1368 Abuse and neglect of children; contact with other parent, penalty.
- SB 1371 Safe haven protections; newborn safety device.
- SB 1372 Criminal records; establishes a process for automatic expungement for certain convictions, report.
- SB 1383 Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual.
- SB 1430 Firearms; criminal history record information check required to sell.
- SB 1435 Estate planning documents; electronic execution, codifies Uniform Electronic Wills Act.
- SB 1440 Law-enforcement officer, etc.; civil action for unlawful acts of force or failure to intervene.
- SB 1446 Medicine and other healing arts; practice, provision of litigation assistance.
- SB 1454 Evidence of mental competence; medical scans of brain.
- SB 1466 Concealed handgun permit; local control of firearms.