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2011 SESSION
SB 782 Magistrates; power to issue felony arrest warrants.
Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Power of magistrates to issue felony arrest warrants. Provides that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for a felony offense upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer or an animal control officer without prior authorization from the attorney for the Commonwealth or a law-enforcement agency in his jurisdiction. Currently, the magistrate need only consult with the attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement agency. The bill also requires a written complaint if the complaint is by a person other than a law-enforcement officer; currently a written complaint is required in such a situation whenever practicable. This bill is identical to HB 1650.
FULL TEXT
- 12/27/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100937D pdf
- 01/19/11 Senate: Committee substitute printed 11104250D-S1 pdf
- 03/03/11 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB782ER) pdf
- 03/16/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/27/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100937D
- 12/27/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/11/11 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/19/11 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/11 Senate: Committee substitute printed 11104250D-S1
- 01/21/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/11 Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/11 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/11 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 11104250D-S1
- 01/24/11 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB782S1
- 01/25/11 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/11 House: Read first time
- 02/07/11 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/21/11 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/11 House: Read second time
- 02/24/11 House: Read third time
- 02/24/11 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/24/11 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/11 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/11 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB782ER)
- 03/03/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/11 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 223 (effective 7/1/11)
- 03/16/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223)