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SB 947 Petition for appeal to Supreme Court; time period within which petition must be presented.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Petition for appeal to Supreme Court; time period within which petition must be presented. Authorizes the Supreme Court of Virginia to grant a 30-day extension of the deadline for presentation of the petition for appeal in all cases for good cause shown. Under current law, the Court may grant an extension in criminal cases only. The bill also expresses time periods, currently expressed as months, in an equivalent number of days to reduce ambiguity. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.
FULL TEXT
- 12/30/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101705D pdf
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB947ER) pdf
- 03/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/30/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101705D
- 12/30/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/17 House: Read first time
- 02/03/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Read second time
- 02/22/17 House: Read third time
- 02/22/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB947ER)
- 03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 652 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)