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2023 SESSION
HB 2016 Appointment of counsel; Class 1 felony cases, compensation.
Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Appointment of counsel; Class 1 felonies. Provides that in any case in which an indigent defendant is charged with a Class 1 felony the court shall appoint two competent, qualified, and experienced attorneys, one of whom shall be the public defender in a jurisdiction in which a public defender office is established, for the defendant. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100655D pdf
- 01/23/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23104727D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2016ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100655D
- 01/10/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/13/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/18/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23104727D-H1
- 01/23/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/23 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/23 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
- 01/30/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/23 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/23 House: Read first time
- 02/02/23 House: Read second time
- 02/02/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23104727D-H1
- 02/02/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2016H1
- 02/03/23 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/13/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/15/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/23 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2016ER)
- 02/22/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/22/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 228 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228)