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2023 SESSION

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HB 2016 Appointment of counsel; Class 1 felony cases, compensation.

Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

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. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100655D  pdf
• 01/23/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23104727D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2016ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/22/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100655D
• 01/10/23  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/13/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
• 01/18/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23104727D-H1
• 01/23/23  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/23  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/26/23  House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
• 01/30/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/23  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/23  House: Read first time
• 02/02/23  House: Read second time
• 02/02/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23104727D-H1
• 02/02/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2016H1
• 02/03/23  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/06/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/13/23  Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/23  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/15/23  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/23  Senate: Read third time
• 02/17/23  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/23  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2016ER)
• 02/22/23  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/24/23  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/02/23  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
• 03/02/23  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
• 03/22/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 228 (effective 7/1/23)
• 03/22/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228)