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2023 SESSION
HB 2221 Personal appearance by two-way electronic video/audio communication; waiver of preliminary hearing.
Introduced by: C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; waiver of preliminary hearing. Allows an appearance in court to be made by two-way electronic video and audio communication with the consent of the court and all parties for the purpose of waiver of a preliminary hearing.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100030D pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2221ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100030D
- 01/11/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/18/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/23 House: Read first time
- 01/26/23 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/27/23 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/08/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/23 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Enrolled
- 02/16/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2221ER)
- 02/16/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/16/23 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
- 03/24/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/24/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)