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HOUSE BILL NO. 100 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice on January 27, 2020) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Lindsey) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-262.01, relating to voir dire examination of persons called as jurors; criminal case.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-262.01 as follows:

§ 19.2-262.01. Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors.

In any criminal case, the court and counsel for either party may inform any person called as a juror or any juror as to the potential range of punishment to ascertain if the person or juror can sit impartially in the sentencing phase of the case.