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SENATE BILL NO. 1135 Offered January 9, 2013 Prefiled January 9, 2013 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 15 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-266.3, relating to continuances; appearances. ---------- Patron-- Norment ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 15 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-266.3 as follows:

§ 19.2-266.3. Continuances; appearances of parties.

When the court grants a continuance in advance of the date of the originally scheduled trial or hearing, the court cannot require the parties or their counsel to appear at the originally scheduled hearing.