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2023 SESSION

Regular Calendar

House Bill on Third Reading

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H.B. 2129. A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-67.9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to testimony by child victims and witnesses using two-way closed-circuit television; standard. 23105150D

• 02/15/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23107007D-S1
• 01/27/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105150D-H1
• 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103472D

Patrons--Delaney, Adams, D.M., Anderson, Clark, Guzman, Jenkins, Maldonado, Price, Rasoul, Roem, Shin, Simonds, Subramanyam and Williams Graves

Reported from Committee on the Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N)

YEAS--Saslaw, Norment, Lucas, Obenshain, McDougle, Stuart, Stanley, McClellan, Boysko, Peake--10.

NAYS--Edwards, Deeds, Petersen, Surovell, Morrissey--5.

ABSTENTIONS--0.

Rereferred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations

Reported from Committee on Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 3-N)

YEAS--Howell, Barker, Saslaw, Norment, Hanger, Lucas, Newman, Ruff, Vogel, Locke, Marsden, Ebbin, McClellan--13.

NAYS--Edwards, Deeds, Petersen--3.

ABSTENTIONS--0.

Committee substitute adopted by Senate February 21, 2023

Committee amendment adopted by Senate February 21, 2023

Floor amendment adopted by Senate February 23, 2023

AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

FINANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS

1. After line 44, substitute

insert

2. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of this act is included in a general appropriation act passed in 2023 by the General Assembly that becomes law.

 

SEN. SUROVELL

1. Line 29, substitute

strike

all of lines 29-33

insert

3. The substantial likelihood, based upon expert testimony, that the child will suffer severe emotional trauma from so testifying.

 

SEN. SUROVELL

2. Line 29, substitute

strike

all of lines 29-31

insert

3. The substantial likelihood, based upon expert opinion testimony, that the child will suffer severe emotional trauma from so testifying.

 

SEN. BOYSKO

1. Line 30, substitute, after severe

insert

moderate

 

SEN. BOYSKO

2. Line 30, substitute, after so

strike

that is more than de minimus