Cases under advisement; circuit court judge in civil action holding decision for unreasonable time. (HB269)

Introduced By

Del. Greg Habeeb (R-Salem)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Holding cases under advisement. Provides that a circuit court judge in a civil action who holds a decision on any matter, motion, or issue submitted to the court or any final decision in the action under advisement for more than 60 days after a decision was requested must provide the parties in the action a written report stating the expected time of a decision. A judge who fails to make such a report or fails to render a decision within the time set forth in the report may be reported to the Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. Currently, a circuit court judge only has to provide such a report for final decisions in civil actions that have been held under advisement for more than 90 days. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
12/30/2013Committee
12/30/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100842D
12/30/2013Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/10/2014Assigned Courts sub: Civil
01/13/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
01/20/2014Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/22/2014Read first time
01/23/2014Read second time and engrossed
01/24/2014Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
01/24/2014VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2014Constitutional reading dispensed
01/27/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/12/2014Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2014Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
02/17/2014Read third time
02/17/2014Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/19/2014Enrolled
02/19/2014Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB269ER)
02/19/2014Signed by Speaker
02/21/2014Signed by President
03/03/2014G Approved by Governor-Chapter 62 (effective 7/1/14)
03/03/2014G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0062)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 25 seconds.