Capital cases; appointment of counsel. (SB35)
Introduced By
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Capital cases; appointment of counsel. Provides that when the defendant whose capital offense was charged by warrant in district court requests appointment of counsel, the case must be referred to the circuit court for appointment of counsel. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. Read the Bill »
Status
03/05/2014: Passed the House
History
Date | Action |
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12/12/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 |
12/12/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100874D |
12/12/2013 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/13/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (SB35) |
01/15/2014 | Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
01/17/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
01/20/2014 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/21/2014 | Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) |
01/23/2014 | Placed on Calendar |
01/23/2014 | Read first time |
01/23/2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/14/2014 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
02/26/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) |
02/28/2014 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/04/2014 | Read second time |
03/05/2014 | Read third time |
03/05/2014 | Committee amendments agreed to |
03/05/2014 | Engrossed by House as amended |
03/05/2014 | Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
03/05/2014 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/06/2014 | Stricken from Senate calendar (38-Y 1-N) |