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2022 SESSION
HB 1340 Court-appointed counsel, et al.; training standards for interacting w/ victims of sexual assaults.
Introduced by: Karrie K. Delaney | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Criminal Justice Services; Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council; court-appointed counsel; training standards for interacting with victims of criminal sexual assault. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, to establish compulsory training standards for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth for sensitivity to and awareness of cultural diversity when interviewing, questioning, or examining in any court proceeding a victim of a criminal sexual offense. The bill also provides that to initially qualify to serve as appointed counsel for an indigent defendant in a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations district court, such attorney shall have completed at least eight hours of MCLE-approved continuing legal education developed by the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission on the topic of diversity, racial bias, or cultural sensitivity when interviewing, cross-examining, or representing the victim of a criminal sexual offense.
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HISTORY
- 01/21/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22103480D
- 01/21/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/28/22 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
- 02/07/22 House: Continued to 2023 in Courts of Justice by voice vote