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2022 SESSION
Senate Judiciary
MEMBERSHIP
Edwards (Co-Chair), Deeds (Co-Chair), Saslaw, Norment, Lucas, Obenshain, McDougle, Stuart, Stanley, Petersen, Surovell, McClellan, Boysko, Morrissey, Peake
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Monday 8:00 a.m. and Wednesday 30 minutes after adjournment, Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building
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- HB 11 Concealed handgun permits; penalties.
- HB 16 Safe haven protections; newborn safety device at hospitals for reception of children.
- HB 17 Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities, exception.
- HB 25 Earned sentence credits; possession of child pornography.
- HB 70 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights.
- HB 79 Traffic offenses, certain; issuing citations.
- HB 104 Judicial emergency; administrative delays, prosecution of felony due to lapse of time.
- HB 108 Felony homicide; certain drug offenses, penalties.
- HB 117 Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses, requirements.
- HB 123 Firefighting, emerg. medical services, or law-enforcement equipment & vehicles; destroying, penalty.
- HB 204 Firearms; sale and transfer, criminal history record information check delay.
- HB 228 Juvenile boot camps; eliminates authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish.
- HB 258 Hotels; human trafficking training.
- HB 265 Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; investigation of elder abuse crimes.
- HB 283 Human trafficking; training for law-enforcement personnel.
- HB 325 Firearms; reporting lost or stolen, civil penalty.
- HB 342 Police, Virginia State; removes obsolete language relating to the teletype system formerly used.
- HB 350 Threats and harassment of certain officials and property; venue.
- HB 370 Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act; replaces prior Act.
- HB 397 Wrongful incarceration; compensation.
- HB 404 Sexual assault nurse & forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing.
- HB 409 Statute of limitations; promises not to plead.
- HB 422 Writ of actual innocence; previously unknown or unavailable nonbiological evidence, etc.
- HB 434 Criminal sexual assault; broadens definition of intimate parts, penalty.
- HB 449 Personal property; distrained or levied on property, auctioneers or auction firms outside county.
- HB 451 Stalking; venue, penalty.
- HB 496 Abuse & neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, definitions, penalties.
- HB 497 Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation of incapacitated adults by an agent, penalty.
- HB 502 Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial; separate, dismissed, etc.
- HB 509 Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties.
- HB 557 Southwestern Va. Mental Health Inst.; Gov. to convey property to Smyth County.
- HB 573 Statute of limitations; collection of medical debt.
- HB 614 Appeals bond; removes requirement for indigent parties to post, appeal of unlawful detainer.
- HB 623 Guardianship and conservatorship; duties of the guardian ad litem, report contents.
- HB 634 Guardianship visitation requirements; DARS shall convene a work group to review and evaluate.
- HB 671 Permanent protective orders; Hope Card Program created.
- HB 677 Posting of notices; electronic posting on public government website of the locality, etc.
- HB 678 Person under a disability; parties unknown.
- HB 682 Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth, etc.
- HB 711 Writ of vacatur; victims of sex trafficking, payment of fees or costs.
- HB 719 Physical evidence recovery kits; victim's right to notification, storage.
- HB 731 Juvenile law-enforcement records; inspection of records.
- HB 735 Earned sentence credits; repeals four-level classification system for awarding & calculation, etc.
- HB 736 Search warrants; execution.
- HB 738 Competency to stand trial; order for evaluation or treatment.
- HB 740 Catalytic converters; tampering with, etc., penalty.
- HB 744 Killing the fetus of another; guilty of manslaughter, penalties.
- HB 748 DNA data bank sample tracking system; replaces certain references in Code.
- HB 749 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose, guidelines.
- HB 756 Bail for a person accused of a crime that is an act of violence; notice to attorney.
- HB 758 Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; penalty.
- HB 760 Suspended sentence; limitation on sentence upon revocation, technical violations, penalty.
- HB 761 Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms.
- HB 782 Nonsuits; appeals from judgment of a general district court.
- HB 808 Support orders; income withholding order, employer fees.
- HB 812 Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail.
- HB 813 Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property.
- HB 821 Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.
- HB 827 Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying.
- HB 869 Adoption; court to refer case to child-placing agency.
- HB 887 Transfer on death deed; conveyance of cooperative interest.
- HB 891 Noncitizens of the United States; removes certain terminology in the Code of Va.
- HB 993 Unlawful hazing; amends definition, civil and criminal liability, penalties.
- HB 1000 Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; requirements of members.
- HB 1066 Notice of probate; exception to notice.
- HB 1080 Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, registration, penalty.
- HB 1130 Law-enforcement officers, retired sworn; purchase of service handguns or other weapons.
- HB 1132 Fiduciaries; payment of small amounts to certain persons without involvement, threshold amount.
- HB 1145 Civil actions; health care bills and records.
- HB 1198 Attorney General; instituting/conducting crim. prosecutions for certain violence against children.
- HB 1212 Guardianship and conservatorship; notice of hearing, cross-petitions.
- HB 1234 Judgments; limitations on enforcement, extensions and renewals.
- HB 1236 Summons for unlawful detainer; notice to tenant, adverse employment actions prohibited.
- HB 1278 Wildlife Resources, Board of; conveyance of certain property.
- HB 1282 Sharing of forfeited assets; promoting law enforcement.
- HB 1285 Virginia State Bar; repeals sunset provision on Supreme Court's authority to assess members.
- HB 1306 Firearms; removing, altering, etc., serial number, selling, etc., or possessing.
- HB 1318 Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing.
- HB 1320 Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date.
- HB 1327 Civil cases; reimbursement of costs.
- HB 1332 Correctional facility; intentionally covering, removing, etc., a security camera, penalty.
- HB 1352 Private elementary and secondary schools; retaliation for good faith reports of child abuse.
- HB 1356 Fentanyl; selling, giving, etc., to another person, penalties.
- HJ 454 Judge; election in circuit court.
- SB 6 Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.
- SB 9 Eminent domain; payment of judgment, attorney fees.
- SB 10 Power of attorney; termination, conviction of agent for certain offenses.
- SB 19 Gifts of real estate; requirements.
- SB 41 Larceny of a catalytic converter; penalty.
- SB 51 Small Estate Act; payment of funeral expenses.
- SB 61 Firearms; concealed carry for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, etc.
- SB 63 Safe haven protections; newborn safety device at hospitals for reception of children.
- SB 64 Proceeds of compromise agreements; investment in college savings trust accounts for minors.
- SB 74 Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying.
- SB 79 Class 1 felonies; mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for life.
- SB 83 Judicial retirement; increases mandatory age from 73 to 75.
- SB 98 Summons; promise to appear after issuance.
- SB 102 Arrest warrant; offenses committed during a close pursuit.
- SB 104 Mandatory minimum sentences; elimination, modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term.
- SB 105 Law-enforcement officers; evidence obtained during prohibited stop.
- SB 106 Retired circuit and district court judges under recall; evaluation.
- SB 109 Offenders under 21 years of age; parole.
- SB 110 Juvenile offenders; parole eligibility.
- SB 112 Parole statutes; application for juveniles and persons committed upon certain felony offenses.
- SB 113 Custody and visitation of a minor; grandparents petitions referred by court to mediation.
- SB 114 Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; petition for visitation by grandparent.
- SB 122 Killing the fetus of another; guilty of manslaughter, penalties.
- SB 123 Criminal cases; sentencing by jury.
- SB 124 Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation of incapacitated adults by an agent, penalty.
- SB 126 Abuse and neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, penalties.
- SB 134 Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; raises maximum age for delinquency matters.
- SB 136 Court-appointed counsel; increases statutory caps for fees paid in indigent cases.
- SB 137 Discretionary sentencing guidelines; written explanation, appeal.
- SB 138 Discovery in criminal cases; copies of discovery for the accused, copies may be electronic, etc.
- SB 143 Court of Appeals of Virginia; makes various changes to procedures and jurisdiction of the Court.
- SB 144 Deceased or incompetent party; admissibility of statements.
- SB 148 Public health emergencies; expands immunity for health care providers.
- SB 149 Juvenile law-enforcement records; inspection of records.
- SB 150 DNA data bank sample tracking system; replaces certain references in Code.
- SB 155 Killing the fetus of another; guilty of manslaughter, penalties.
- SB 163 Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring abortions or selective reductions unenforceable.
- SB 174 Protective orders, permanent; contact between petitioner and respondent, violation of orders.
- SB 175 Safe haven protections; newborn safety device at hospitals for reception of children.
- SB 191 Criminal cases; increases compensation for experts.
- SB 198 Disposition when defendant found incompetent; involuntary admission of the defendant.
- SB 199 Rental agreement; agreement may provide occupant with option to designate an alternative contact.
- SB 206 Historic preservation; filing of a historic designation application.
- SB 207 Law-enforcement officers, retired sworn; purchase of service handguns or other weapons.
- SB 208 Civil actions; standing.
- SB 221 Index of wills; Rockingham Circuit Court to establish pilot program.
- SB 227 Misdemeanor sexual offenses where the victim is a minor; statute of limitations, penalty.
- SB 228 Children; use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses, consecutive sentence.
- SB 229 Persons with autism or intellectual disabilities; deferred disposition, offenses against minors.
- SB 230 Liability for sale of alcohol to an impaired customer; injury to another person.
- SB 240 Newspersons; crossing established police lines, exemption.
- SB 249 Sexual abuse of animals; definitions, penalty.
- SB 252 Mandatory minimum sentences; elimination, modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term.
- SB 262 Psilocybin or psilocyn; possession, civil penalty.
- SB 282 Public defender; supplementing compensation.
- SB 291 Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth, etc.
- SB 295 Behavioral health dockets; responsibilities of local pretrial services officers.
- SB 296 Sentencing proceeding by jury after conviction; relevant mitigating evidence.
- SB 299 Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose, fee apportionment.
- SB 302 Guardians; appointment, petitions for guardianship, report.
- SB 310 Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, etc., penalties.
- SB 311 Real property; duty to disclose ownership interest and lis pendens.
- SB 323 Overdoses; arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting.
- SB 327 Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition.
- SB 328 Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property.
- SB 330 Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required.
- SB 348 Support orders; retroactivity, arrearages, party's incarceration.
- SB 349 Division of marital property; Va. Retirement System managed defined contribution plan, etc.
- SB 364 Handguns; limitation on purchases.
- SB 378 Petition for modification of sentence; eligibility, procedures.
- SB 379 Capital murder; death penalty for willful, deliberate, etc., killing of a law-enforcement officer.
- SB 389 Support of parents by child; repeal provision.
- SB 392 Clerk of the court; copies of appointment order to counsel.
- SB 396 Foster care placements; court review, best interests of the child.
- SB 399 Charitable gaming; conducting without a permit, civil penalty.
- SB 404 Search warrants; copy of search warrant and affidavit given to at least one adult occupant.
- SB 408 Sentencing documents; transmission to the DHP and DBHDS.
- SB 411 Controlled substances; possession, penalties.
- SB 412 Parental rights; termination, murder of a child.
- SB 413 Drug possession; persons charged with first offense, probation.
- SB 418 Division of marital property; military retainer pay.
- SB 423 Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date.
- SB 424 Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing.
- SB 440 Unlawful hazing; civil and criminal liability.
- SB 443 Sealing of offenses; results in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition.
- SB 453 Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, etc.
- SB 455 Child support; calculation of gross income for determination, rental income.
- SB 464 Witnesses; summons in a criminal matter, requirements.
- SB 467 Human trafficking; training for law-enforcement personnel.
- SB 470 Science Museum of Virginia; conveyance of certain easements to the Children's Museum of Richmond.
- SB 474 Appeals bond; removes requirement for indigent parties to post, appeal of unlawful detainer.
- SB 475 Court appearance of a person not free on bail; changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, etc.
- SB 483 Child abuse and neglect; limitations period on sexual abuse of a minor claims, background check.
- SB 486 Protective orders; workplace violence.
- SB 487 Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Virginia Center; established.
- SB 493 Sexually explicit visual material to another; civil action for dissemination of images, penalty.
- SB 497 Judge; Second Judicial Circuit, resident judge in Counties of Accomack and Northampton.
- SB 498 Conveyances of property; acceptance by clerk's office for recordation.
- SB 514 Incapacitated persons; changes to provisions of guardianship and conservatorship.
- SB 518 Marijuana related offenses; modification of sentence.
- SB 531 Certain crimes committed while participating in a riot; civil action for damages caused.
- SB 536 Hunters; increases penalty for crime of trespassing.
- SB 538 Nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor.
- SB 543 Criminal records; sealing of records.
- SB 546 Juvenile boot camps; eliminates authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish.
- SB 554 Will contest; presumption of undue influence.
- SB 555 Alcohol; liability for sale to an underage person.
- SB 561 Virginia Attorney Disciplinary Commission; established, report.
- SB 563 Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions for acts of violence.
- SB 564 Criminal records; sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred & dismissed disposition or conviction.
- SB 573 Defendants; evidence of mental condition, specific intent crimes.
- SB 591 Marijuana; shape productions, definitions.
- SB 592 Group Violence Intervention Board, Division of Group Violence Intervention, etc.; established.
- SB 599 Medical malpractice actions, certain; limitation on recovery.
- SB 614 Bail for a person accused of a crime that is an act of violence; notice to attorney.
- SB 618 Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities, exception.
- SB 623 Governor; authority to grant relief from fines and penalties.
- SB 633 Civil actions; health care bills and records.
- SB 639 Overdoses; arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting.
- SB 640 Public defender office; establishes an office for the County of Henrico.
- SB 642 Analysis of breath to determine alcoholic content of blood; failure to advise person of rights.
- SB 643 Firearms; removing, altering, etc., serial number, selling, etc., or possessing.
- SB 644 Firearms; criminal history record information check required to sell.
- SB 645 Criminal proceedings; evidence of defendant's mental condition.
- SB 649 Juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principals.
- SB 658 Physical evidence recovery kits; victim's right to notification, storage.
- SB 664 Sex trafficking; minors engaged in prostitution, etc.
- SB 665 Reckless driving; increase penalty for involuntary manslaughter.
- SB 666 Eminent domain; redefines lost access and lost profits.
- SB 668 Death with Dignity Act; penalties.
- SB 669 Law-enforcement employees; alleged wrongdoing.
- SB 674 Pretrial Intervention and Diversion Program; created, authorization to administer.
- SB 675 Firearms; criminal history record information check required to sell, exception.
- SB 687 Abuse & neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, definitions, penalties.
- SB 688 Determination of competency; report to Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
- SB 690 Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation of incapacitated adults, penalty.
- SB 691 Competency to stand trial; order for evaluation or treatment.
- SB 694 Eminent domain; various changes to the laws pertaining to condemnation procedures.
- SB 696 Judges; maximum number in each judicial district.
- SB 702 Marijuana; criminal history information, disclosure to state & local governments by job applicants.
- SB 713 Emergency custody order; duration.
- SB 715 Injunctions; review by the Supreme Court of Virginia.
- SB 718 Driver's licenses; revocation, completion of specialty dockets.
- SB 729 Catalytic converters; tampering with, etc., penalty.
- SB 730 Jurors; increases the daily compensation.
- SB 741 Facial recognition technology; authorized uses.
- SB 742 Marijuana; expungement of offenses, civil penalty.
- SB 743 Law-enforcement officers, former; retention of identification and badge.
- SB 745 Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence.
- SB 746 Minors; prohibition of deceptive tactics during custodial interrogation.
- SB 757 Fraud-related crimes; penalties.
- SB 758 Switchblade; selling or possessing.
- SB 763 Firearms; control of firearms by localities, concealed handgun permit exception.
- SB 765 Notaries; various changes to laws relating thereto.
- SB 770 Juveniles; places of confinement.
- SR 1 Public defender offices; feasibility, expense, and implementation of statewide coverage, report.
- SR 8 Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals of Virginia.
- SR 9 Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
- SR 10 Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
- SR 11 Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.
- SR 57 Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
- SR 58 Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
- SR 59 Judges; nominations for election to juvenile and domestic relations district court.
- SR 82 Judge; nomination for election to circuit court.