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2020 SESSION
HB 477 Juveniles; trial as adult, minimum age.
Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Juveniles; trial as adult. Increases from 14 years of age to 16 years of age the minimum age at which a juvenile must be tried as an adult in circuit court for murder or aggravated malicious wounding; however, if the juvenile is 14 years of age or older but younger than 16 years of age, the court, on motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, shall hold a transfer hearing. The minimum age is also raised from 14 to 16 for certain charges requiring notice of intent to try such juvenile as an adult by the attorney for the Commonwealth. In order to be tried as an adult in circuit court for the charges that under current law require notice of intent to proceed with trial as an adult by the attorney for the Commonwealth, the bill requires that (i) a report concerning the juvenile be prepared by the court services unit or other qualified agency and (ii) the attorney for the Commonwealth provide written notice that he intends to proceed with a preliminary hearing for trial of such juvenile as an adult, including affirmation that he has read the report. This bill incorporates HB 1440.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100082D pdf
- 01/27/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106147D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108212D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109534D-H2 pdf
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB477ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0987) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/03/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100082D
- 01/03/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/22/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106147D-H1
- 01/27/20 House: Incorporates HB1440 (Jones)
- 01/29/20 House: Read first time
- 01/30/20 House: Read second time
- 01/30/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106147D-H1
- 01/30/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB477H1
- 01/31/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/12/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108212D-S1
- 02/14/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108212D-S1
- 02/17/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB477S1
- 02/17/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 9-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20108212D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
- 02/20/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/25/20 House: House acceded to request
- 02/26/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/26/20 House: Delegates: Guzman, Mullin, Collins
- 02/27/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/27/20 Senate: Senators: Edwards, Morrissey, Stanley
- 03/05/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/05/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109534D-H2
- 03/05/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (71-Y 28-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 28-N)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB477ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/09/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 987 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0987)