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2020 SESSION
HB 475 Va. sexual assault forensic examiner coordination program; established, report, effective clause.
Introduced by: Michael P. Mullin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia sexual assault forensic examiner coordination program. Establishes the Virginia sexual assault forensic examiner coordination program within the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill requires the head of the program to create and coordinate an annual statewide sexual assault forensic nurse examiner training program; coordinate the development and enhancement of sexual assault forensic examiner programs across the Commonwealth; participate in the development of hospital protocols and guidelines for treatment of survivors of sexual assault; coordinate and strengthen communications among sexual assault nurse examiner medical directors, sexual assault response teams, and hospitals for existing and developing sexual assault nurse examiner programs; provide technical assistance for existing and developing sexual assault forensic examiner programs; create and maintain a statewide list, updated biannually, that includes pertinent information regarding sexual assault forensic examiners and nurse examiners; create sexual assault nurse examiner recruitment materials for universities and colleges with nursing programs; and support and coordinate community education and public outreach, when appropriate, relating to sexual assault nurse examiner issues for the Commonwealth. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103317D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107028D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108355D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB475ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/03/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103317D
- 01/03/20 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/15/20 House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
- 01/24/20 House: Referred from Public Safety by voice vote
- 01/24/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/29/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/20 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107028D-H1
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/01/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/03/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Read first time
- 02/06/20 House: Read second time
- 02/06/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107028D-H1
- 02/06/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB475H1
- 02/07/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108355D-S1
- 02/18/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108355D-S1
- 02/19/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB475S1
- 02/19/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108355D-S1 (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB475ER)
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 03/05/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 03/11/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 274 (effective - see bill)
- 03/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)