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HB 840 Victim telephone numbers and email addresses; confidentiality of information in criminal cases.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Confidentiality of victim telephone numbers and email addresses in criminal cases. Provides that upon request of a crime victim or a witness in a criminal prosecution of a violent felony, law enforcement, the attorney for the Commonwealth, counsel for a defendant, and the Department of Corrections are prohibited from disclosing any telephone number or email address of such victim or witness except to the extent that such disclosure is required by law, necessary for law-enforcement purposes, or permitted by the court. The bill also provides that during any criminal proceeding, upon motion of the defendant or the attorney for the Commonwealth, a judge may prohibit testimony as to any telephone number or email address of a victim or witness if the judge determines that this information is not material under the circumstances of the case. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to SB 457.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103935D pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB840ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103935D
- 01/09/18 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/18 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/19/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Read first time
- 02/01/18 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/18 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/18 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/16/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB840ER)
- 02/16/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/19/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/19/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
- 02/19/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (effective 7/1/18)
- 02/26/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)