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2023 SESSION
Co-Chair: John S. Edwards - Co-Chair: R. Creigh Deeds
Clerk: Michael Jackson, Claire Dunn
Staff: C. Quagliato, S. Miller-Bryson
Date of Meeting: February 13, 2023
Time and Place: 8 AM Senate Committee Room A / Pocahontas Building
Updated: Added - HB 2387, Removed - HB2129
Patron: Williams
Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail. Creates a rebuttable presumption against bail for certain criminal offenses enumerated in the bill and for persons identified as being illegally present in the United States by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who are charged with certain offenses. The bill also requires the court to consider specified factors when determining whether the presumption against bail has been rebutted and whether there are appropriate conditions of release.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-120 and 19.2-124 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-120.2, relating to admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail.23100074D
Patron: Campbell, R.R.
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle, and the accompanying the exclusionary provisions. This bill incorporates HB 1445 and HB 1703.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-334.01, 46.2-646, 46.2-810.1, 46.2-923, 46.2-926, 46.2-1003, 46.2-1013, 46.2-1014, 46.2-1014.1, 46.2-1030, 46.2-1049, 46.2-1051, 46.2-1052, 46.2-1054, 46.2-1094, 46.2-1157, and 46.2-1300 of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuing citations; certain traffic offenses.23104498D
Patron: Marshall
Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from two to three the maximum number of authorized general district court judges in the Twenty-second Judicial District. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the maximum number of judges in each judicial district.23101400D
Patron: Coyner
Concealed handgun permit; demonstrated competence. Adds a firearms safety or training course conducted by the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) or by a USCCA-certified firearms instructor, or any firearms safety or training course or class available to the general public offered by a law-enforcement agency, institution of higher education, or private or public institution or organization or firearms training school utilizing instructors certified by the USCCA to those programs that satisfy the demonstration of competence requirement for the issuance of a Virginia resident or nonresident concealed handgun permit.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-308.02 and 18.2-308.06 of the Code of Virginia, relating to concealed handgun permit; demonstrated competence.23100744D
Patron: LaRock
Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-915 of the Code of Virginia, relating to control of firearms by localities.23100752D
Patron: Campbell, J.L.
Wrongful death; death of parent or guardian of child resulting from driving under the influence; child support. Provides that in any action for death by wrongful act where the defendant, as a result of driving a motor vehicle or operating a watercraft under the influence, unintentionally caused the death of another person who was the parent or legal guardian of a child, the person who has custody of such child may petition the court to order that the defendant pay child support.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 20-108.1 and 20-108.2 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-52.01, relating to wrongful death; death of parent or guardian of a child resulting from driving under the influence; child support.23102781D
Patron: Kilgore
Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutes second degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not less than five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious act that resulted in the killing of another involved the manufacture, sale, gift, or distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance to another and such other person's use of the controlled substance results in his death. The bill provides that venue for a prosecution of this crime shall lie in the locality where the underlying felony occurred, where the use of the controlled substance occurred, or where death occurred. The bill also provides that if a person gave or distributed a Schedule I or II controlled substance only as an accommodation to another individual who is not an inmate in a community correctional facility, local correctional facility, or state correctional facility, or in the custody of an employee thereof, and not with intent to profit thereby from any consideration received or expected nor to induce the recipient of the controlled substance to use or become addicted to or dependent upon such controlled substance, he is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-33 of the Code of Virginia, relating to felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty.23104469D
Patron: Anderson
Civil cause of action; sexual abuse by person of authority; limitations period. Creates a civil cause of action for injury to a person 18 years of age or older resulting from sexual abuse by a person of authority, defined in the bill. The bill further specifies that any such action shall be brought within 15 years after the cause of action accrues.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-243 of the Code of Virginia, relating to civil cause of action; sexual abuse by person of authority; limitations period.23103559D
Patron: Campbell, J.L.
Resisting detention; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person to intentionally prevent or attempt to prevent a law-enforcement officer from lawfully detaining him, defined in the bill as fleeing or attempting to flee from a law-enforcement officer when (i) the officer has reasonable articulable suspicion to detain the person, (ii) the officer communicates to the person an order to stop, and (iii) the person refuses to obey the order to stop. The bill allows a person charged with committing this offense to be arrested and immediately brought before a magistrate. The bill requires law enforcement to make a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange when any person is arrested on such charge.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-460, 19.2-74, and 19.2-390 of the Code of Virginia, relating to resisting detention; penalty.23101786D
Patron: Bell
Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions for violations of criminal sexual assault and commercial sex trafficking committed against children. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute or conduct criminal prosecutions in cases involving a violation of criminal sexual assault or commercial sex trafficking when such crimes are committed against children.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-511 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions for violations of criminal sexual assault and commercial sex trafficking committed against children.23103464D
Patron: Campbell, J.L.
Partition of property. Directs the court to consider certain factors when it orders a partition in kind, including (i) evidence of the collective duration of ownership or possession of any portion of the property by a party and one or more predecessors in title or predecessors in possession of the property who are or were related to the party; (ii) a party's sentimental attachment to any portion of the property, including any attachment arising because such portion of the property has ancestral or other unique or special value to the party; (iii) the lawful use being made of any portion of the property by a party and the degree to which the party would be harmed if the party could not continue the same use of such portion of the property; and (iv) the degree to which a party has contributed to the physical improvement, maintenance, or upkeep of any portion of the property. The bill also provides that counsel for a party to a partition action may serve as a commissioner unless there is an objection by another party; current law requires commissioners to be disinterested and impartial and not a party to or participant in the partition action. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-81, 8.01-81.1, 8.01-83.3, and 8.01-92 of the Code of Virginia, relating to partition of property.23100415D
Patron: Campbell, J.L.
Attorney-issued subpoenas; release of witness. Provides that a person to whom an attorney-issued subpoena is directed may be released from compliance with such subpoena by the attorney who issued the subpoena or a person acting on such attorney's behalf. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-407 and 16.1-265 of the Code of Virginia, relating to attorney-issued subpoenas; release of witness.23100034D
Patron: Bell
Threats made against health care providers; penalty. Removes the location element that specifies a health care provider must be in a hospital or in an emergency room on the premises of a clinic or other facility rendering emergency medical care from the crime of making an oral threat to kill or to do bodily injury to a health care provider.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-60 of the Code of Virginia, relating to threats made against health care providers; penalty.23105282D
Patron: Bell
Guardianship or conservatorship; primary health care provider of respondent. Requires the name, location, and post office address of a respondent's primary health care provider, if any, to be included in the petition for guardianship or conservatorship. Under current law, a copy of the notice of a hearing to appoint a guardian or conservator, together with a copy of the accompanying appointment petition, must be mailed by the petitioner before such hearing to all individuals and to all entities whose names and post office addresses appear in the petition. The bill further requires the guardian ad litem appointed to represent the interests of the respondent in a guardianship or conservatorship case to make a good faith effort to consult directly with such respondent's primary health care provider.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 64.2-2002 and 64.2-2003 of the Code of Virginia, relating to guardianship or conservatorship; primary health care provider of respondent.23105170D
Patron: Leftwich
Campgrounds; inherent risks; liability. The bill provides that a person who goes camping at a campground shall be presumed to have known the inherent risks of camping, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a campground professional, as defined in the bill, shall not be liable for the injury to or death of a camping participant resulting from the inherent risks of camping. The bill further provides that no camping participant or camping participant's representative is authorized to maintain an action against or recover from a camping professional for injury to, loss or damage by, or death of the camping participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of camping, provided that in any action for damages against a camping professional for camping activity, the camping professional pleads the affirmative defense of assumption of the risk. The bill excludes from such immunity acts taken by a camping professional to intentionally cause personal injury or death or property damage, acts made with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the camping participant, and instances wherein the camping professional has actual knowledge or reasonably should have known of a dangerous condition on the land or in the facilities or equipment used in the activity and does not make the danger known to the camping participant.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 35.1-1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 35.1 sections numbered 35.1-17.1 and 35.1-17.2, relating to campgrounds; inherent risks; liability.23105239D
Patron: Herring
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; notice of appeal to the circuit court. Requires a copy of a notice of appeal from a final order or judgment of the juvenile court to be served by the appealing party upon the opposing party or each counsel of record.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-296 of the Code of Virginia, relating to juvenile and domestic relations district courts; notice of appeal to the circuit court.23105142D
Patron: Herring
Summons for Unlawful Detainer form; plain English instructions. Requires the Forms and Efiling Subcommittee of the Supreme Court of Virginia's Access to Justice Commission to develop plain English instructions, as defined in the bill, that explain to defendants how to interpret Form DC-421 (Summons for Unlawful Detainer/Civil Claim for Eviction). The bill further requires that such instructions (i) be printed in no less than 14 point type; (ii) be understandable to persons whose literacy level matches the Virginia literacy level for fourth grade; (iii) explain that failure to appear in court on the hearing date may result in eviction from the defendant's household; and (iv) provide the statewide Legal Aid and Virginia Eviction Reduction Pilot program websites and, if applicable, telephone numbers, directing defendants to contact those programs for more information and assistance.
A BILL to require the Forms and Efiling Subcommittee of the Committee on Self-Represented Litigants of the Supreme Court of Virginia's Access to Justice Commission to develop plain English instructions for interpretation of the Summons for Unlawful Detainer form.23105393D
Patron: Adams, L.R.
Unlawful picketing or parading to obstruct or influence justice; penalty. Provides that any person who, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing or intimidating in the discharge of his duty any judge, juror, witness, court officer, or court employee, pickets or parades in or near a residence occupied or used by such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that the provisions regarding the issuance and service of summons in place of a warrant do not apply to such violations.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-419.1, relating to unlawful picketing or parading to obstruct or influence justice; penalty.
23103542D
Patron: Adams, L.R.
Appointment of counsel; Class 1 felonies. Provides that in any case in which an indigent defendant is charged with a Class 1 felony the court shall appoint two competent, qualified, and experienced attorneys, one of whom shall be the public defender in a jurisdiction in which a public defender office is established, for the defendant. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-163 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-160.1, relating to appointment of counsel; Class 1 felonies.23104727D
Patron: Adams, L.R.
Review of discretionary sentencing guidelines; deferred disposition. Requires the court to (i) review and consider discretionary sentencing guidelines before a deferred disposition in felony cases other than Class 1 felonies and (ii) within five days following a deferred disposition in felony cases, forward the original discretionary sentencing guidelines worksheets with a copy of the court order to the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission.
Under current law, the court is required to review discretionary sentencing guidelines only before imposing sentence in all felony cases other than Class 1 felonies and is required to forward the original discretionary sentencing guidelines worksheets with a copy of the court order to the Commission only following the entry of a final order of conviction and sentence in a felony case.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-298.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to review of discretionary sentencing guidelines; deferred disposition.23101635D
H.B. 2063
Patron: Glass
Appointment of guardian ad litem; requested information, records, or reports from individual or entity. Provides that any financial institution is required to make financial records or information relevant to an investigation of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation and be made available to a court-appointed guardian ad litem for an adult subject to such investigation. The bill further requires any individual or entity with information, records, or reports relevant to a guardianship or conservatorship, including any local department of social services, financial institution, investment advisor, or financial services provider and criminal justice agencies to disclose, at no charge, to the guardian ad litem information, records, and reports concerning a respondent in a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding to the extent allowed by federal law. The bill provides civil and criminal immunity to any person or entity making such disclosures absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 6.2-103.1 and 64.2-2003 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment of guardian ad litem; requested information, records, or reports from an individual or entity.23105487D
Patron: Delaney
Trace evidence collection kit. Provides for the collection, retention, and storage of a trace evidence collection kit or anonymous trace evidence collection kit, defined in the bill, collected as part of a forensic medical examination of a victim of strangulation, with some procedures that parallel existing procedures for the collection, retention, and storage of physical evidence recovery kits collected for victims of sexual assault. The bill requires the Commonwealth to pay all medical fees relating to the collection of a trace evidence collection kit and does not require victims complaining of strangulation to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate with law-enforcement authorities in order to be provided with such forensic medical examination. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-11.5 through 19.2-11.9 and 19.2-11.12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to trace evidence collection kits.23105674D
Patron: Williams
Criminal appeals; duties of the Attorney General and attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that in all criminal cases before the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of Virginia in which the Commonwealth is a party or is directly interested, the Attorney General shall appear and represent the Commonwealth upon receipt of the record in the appellate court. The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth shall continue to represent the Commonwealth in any appeal regarding bail, bond, or recognizance before the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court for which he was the prosecuting attorney. Under current law, the Attorney General assumes representation of the Commonwealth upon the filing of the notice of appeal.
The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth shall represent the Commonwealth before the appellate courts on criminal pretrial petitions for appeal. The bill also provides that any appeal from any action collaterally attacking a criminal conviction lies directly to the Supreme Court. The bill eliminates the requirement that four copies of each brief shall be filed and three copies shall be mailed or delivered to opposing counsel on or before the date of filing in criminal pretrial appeals.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-511, 15.2-1627, 17.1-406, 19.2-402, and 19.2-404 of the Code of Virginia, relating to criminal appeals; duties of the Attorney General and attorney for the Commonwealth.23105046D
Patron: Williams
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; annual report; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct; disciplinary action. Requires the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission to include in its annual report (i) the name of any judge who the Commission concluded breached the Canons of Judicial Conduct and took disciplinary action against as a result of such conclusion, if the date on which the Commission reached such conclusion was after the previous annual report was published; (ii) the specific Canons of Judicial Conduct breached by such judge; and (iii) the disciplinary action taken against such judge by the Commission. The bill also requires the Commission, on or before December 1, 2023, to publish in its annual report (a) the name of any judge who the Commission concluded breached the Canons of Judicial Conduct on or after January 1, 2016, and took disciplinary action against as a result of such conclusion; (b) the specific Canons of Judicial Conduct breached by such judge; and (c) the disciplinary action taken against such judge by the Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-905 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; annual report; breach of Canons of Judicial Conduct; disciplinary action.23105185D
Patron: Delaney
Department of Motor Vehicles; driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection and reporting. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect and disseminate, on an annual basis, statewide and locality-level data related to driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to submit an annual report on the data collected on or before October 1 to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Virginia State Crime Commission and to make such data available to the public on the website of the Department. The bill provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall not be required to submit the first annual report prior to October 1, 2024, and that the first annual report shall include data from calendar year 2019 through calendar year 2023. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-223.1, relating to Department of Motor Vehicles; driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination thereof; data collection and reporting.23105152D
Patron: Head
Criminal history record information; dissemination. Allows criminal history record information to be disseminated to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or his designee for individuals who are being evaluated by the Commissioner to determine the individual's sanity at the time of a criminal offense or capacity to stand trial for the purpose of placement, evaluation, treatment, or discharge planning.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-389 of the Code of Virginia, relating to criminal history record information; dissemination.23105281D
Patron: Williams Graves
Jury duty; allowance increase. Increases the jury duty allowance from $30 to $50 per day.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-618 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jury duty; allowance increase.23103979D
Patron: Hope
Guardianship and conservatorship; identifying information and evaluation report; separate confidential addendum. Requires that any petition, pleading, motion, order, or report filed pursuant to a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding not contain any financial information of a respondent to such a proceeding but such information shall be included in a separate confidential addendum. The bill provides that such confidential addendum shall be made available only to the parties, their attorneys, a guardian ad litem appointed to represent the respondent, and such other persons as the court in its discretion may allow for good cause shown. The bill provides that an evaluation report shall also be filed with the court in a separate confidential addendum.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 64.2-2002 and 64.2-2005 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 64.2-2000.1, relating to guardianship and conservatorship; identifying information; separate confidential addendum.23104416D
Patron: Adams, L.R.
Marijuana; search and seizure; driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc., while intoxicated; marijuana presumption; saliva drug screening. Removes certain offenses, described in the bill, from the prohibition of searches without a search warrant for the odor of marijuana and establishes a presumption of intoxication if a person has a blood concentration equal to or greater than 0.003 milligrams of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per liter of blood. The bill establishes a process for preliminary analysis of a person's saliva to screen for the presence of drugs in the saliva, similar to the process utilized for a person's blood alcohol content.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-1302, 18.2-266, 18.2-267, 18.2-269, 29.1-738, 29.1-738.1, 46.2-341.24, 46.2-341.25, and 46.2-341.27 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marijuana; search and seizure; driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc., while intoxicated; marijuana presumption; saliva drug screening.23104348D
Patron: Lopez
Firearm safety device tax credit. Establishes a refundable income tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 for individuals who purchase one or more firearm safety devices, as defined in the bill, in an eligible transaction, as defined in the bill. An individual who properly claims this credit shall be allowed a credit in the amount of up to $300 for the cost incurred in such purchase. The aggregate amount of credits allowable under the provisions of the bill shall not exceed $5 million per taxable year.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58.1-339.14, relating to firearm safety device tax credit.23103758D
Patron: Herring
Criminal records; expungement and sealing of records; repeal. Repeals the statute providing for the limitation on the dissemination of criminal history record information related to the possession of marijuana and the statute related to automatic sealing for mistaken identity or unauthorized use of identifying information. The bill also repeals the provisions related to the automatic and petition-based expungement of former marijuana offenses and instead provides for the sealing of such offenses. The bill also removes the provisions related to the automatic sealing of underage possession of alcohol offenses and instead provides for petition-based sealing of such offenses.
The bill creates an electronic, name-based criminal history record search to be used when an expungement or sealing petition is filed and requires the court to maintain a copy of a sealing order and send an electronic notification, rather than an order as current law requires, to the Department of State Police after an offense is sealed. The bill also allows courts and attorneys for the Commonwealth to access sealed records in instances where the court or parties failed to strictly comply with sealing procedures or an order for sealing was entered contrary to law and clarifies that a petition for sealing can only include offenses that arose out of the same transaction or occurrence. The bill makes additional changes to the processes for expungement and sealing, including updates to the process of forwarding a petitioner's criminal history record to the court and maintaining expungement pleadings under seal. The bill provides a petition process by which the person who was charged with an offense that was ordered to be expunged may request access to such expunged court or police record.
The repeal of the statute related to the limitation on the dissemination of criminal history record information related to the possession of marijuana and various other provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of the earlier of (i) the date on which the processes to seal criminal history record information and court records pursuant to Chapters 524 and 542 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, become effective or (ii) July 1, 2025. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-128, as it shall become effective, 17.1-293.1, as it shall become effective, 19.2-392.2, 19.2-392.3, 19.2-392.5, 19.2-392.6, 19.2-392.7, 19.2-392.10, 19.2-392.11, 19.2-392.12, 19.2-392.13, and 19.2-392.14 and to repeal §§ 19.2-389.3, 19.2-392.2:1, 19.2-392.2:2, and 19.2-392.9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to criminal records; expungement and sealing of records; repeal.
23104310D
Patron: Watts
Duration of involuntary temporary detention. Includes the termination of a period of involuntary temporary detention, if the minor or individual has been admitted to a facility of temporary detention, on any day or part of a day on which the clerk's office is lawfully closed as a reason to extend the duration of the period of involuntary temporary detention for adults and juveniles.
Current law allows the period to extend past 72 hours for an adult only if the detention would terminate on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which the court is closed and allows the period to extend past 96 hours for a juvenile only if the detention terminates on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-340.1 and 37.2-809 of the Code of Virginia, relating to duration of involuntary temporary detention.23103505D
Patron: Watts
Attorney fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions. Increases the fee that a court-appointed attorney receives for representation during emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions from $75 to $120 for each hearing and from $43.25 to $70 for each certification hearing.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-804 of the Code of Virginia, relating to attorney fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions.23104375D
Patron: Seibold
Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Provides that if the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing cannot procure a qualified interpreter to assist a party or witness in a civil proceeding who is speech-impaired or who is deaf or hard of hearing, then the court may appoint a readily available interpreter with full certification from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc., or an equivalent national certification.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-384.1 and 19.2-164.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.23104740D
Patron: Ballard
Concealed handgun permits; Virginia Criminal Information Network; disclosure of information. Limits the exception to the requirement that the State Police withhold from public disclosure concealed handgun permittee information submitted to the State Police for purposes of entry into the Virginia Criminal Information Network provided under current law for any law-enforcement agency, officer, or authorized agent thereof acting in the performance of official law-enforcement duties or an entity that has a valid contract with any local, state, or federal law-enforcement agency for the purpose of performing official duties of the law-enforcement agency to apply only when such permittee information is related to a criminal investigation or prosecution.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-308.07 of the Code of Virginia, relating to concealed handgun permits; Virginia Criminal Information Network; disclosure of information.23104483D