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2023 SESSION
SB 958 Writs of actual innocence; statue of limitations for filing of a petition.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Writs of actual innocence. Requires the Attorney General to provide written notice of intent to join a petition for a writ of actual innocence to the local attorney for the Commonwealth in the jurisdiction of conviction or adjudication of delinquency. The bill directs the Court of Appeals to dismiss any second or subsequent petition for failure to identify new or different evidence in support of actual innocence or for failure to assert the new or different evidence in a prior petition under circumstances that constitute an abuse of the writ. The bill directs the Attorney General to notify the victim or victim's representative of a hearing scheduled or any oral argument; the victim or victim's representative has the right to attend such hearing or oral argument.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101624D pdf
- 01/16/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104615D-S1 pdf
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB958ER) pdf
- 03/27/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101624D
- 01/06/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/16/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/16/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104615D-S1
- 01/17/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/23 Senate: Read second time
- 01/18/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/18/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23104615D-S1
- 01/18/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB958S1
- 01/19/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/09/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/23 House: Read first time
- 02/09/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/17/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/20/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 8-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Read second time
- 02/23/23 House: Read third time
- 02/23/23 House: Passed House (52-Y 43-N)
- 02/23/23 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 43-N)
- 03/07/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB958ER)
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/27/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 719 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/27/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719)