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2024 SESSION

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HB 306 Public defenders; appointment of counsel, caseload exception.

Introduced by: Jason S. Ballard | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Appointment of counsel; public defenders; caseload exception. Exempts the public defender, in counties and cities where public defender offices are established, from providing defense services for indigent clients if the public defender, with the concurrence of the executive director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission or his designee, determines that the public defender's current active caseload would preclude the public defender from providing adequate representation to new clients.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100774D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24100774D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/05/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB306ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100774D
• 01/05/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/18/24  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/19/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
• 01/26/24  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/29/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/24  House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/24  House: Read first time
• 02/05/24  House: Read second time
• 02/05/24  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/05/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB306E
• 02/05/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24100774D-E
• 02/06/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/21/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/27/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/28/24  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/05/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB306ER)
• 03/05/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/05/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)