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2024 SESSION
HB 125 Special justices and independent evaluator fees; emergency custody and voluntary civil admissions.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Special justices and independent evaluator fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions. Increases the fee that a special justice receives for presiding over emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions from $86.25 to $120 for each commitment hearing and from $43.25 to $70 for each certification hearing. The bill also increases the fee that an independent evaluator receives if required to serve as a witness or an interpreter from $75 to $120 for each commitment hearing and from $43.25 to $70 for each certification hearing. Lastly, the bill specifies that any such necessary expenses incurred by such special justices or independent evaluators, or by attorneys appointed to such commitment and certification hearings, shall be paid in accordance with guidelines established by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/01/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101208D pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB125ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB125ER2) pdf
- 04/17/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0802) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/01/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101208D
- 01/01/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/19/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/19/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/24 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
- 01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Read first time
- 02/05/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/24 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/28/24 Senate: Courts of Justice Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/28/24 Senate: Finance and Appropriations Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/28/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/28/24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 House: Senate amendments rejected by House (1-Y 94-N)
- 03/01/24 House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/24 Senate: Senate insisted on amendments
- 03/05/24 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/06/24 House: House acceded to request
- 03/06/24 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/24 House: Delegates: Watts, Hernandez, Obenshain
- 03/07/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/07/24 Senate: Senators: Carroll Foy, Bagby, Jordan
- 03/09/24 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/09/24 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/24 House: Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
- 03/09/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 1-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB125ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/17/24 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/17/24 House: BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB125ER2)
- 04/17/24 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/17/24 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/17/24 House: Enacted, Chapter 802 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/17/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0802)