Capital cases; appointment of counsel. (SB35)

Introduced By

Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
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

DateAction
12/12/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14
12/12/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100874D
12/12/2013Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/2014Impact statement from DPB (SB35)
01/15/2014Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
01/17/2014Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
01/20/2014Read second time and engrossed
01/21/2014Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)
01/23/2014Placed on Calendar
01/23/2014Read first time
01/23/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/14/2014Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
02/26/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
02/28/2014Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/04/2014Read second time
03/05/2014Read third time
03/05/2014Committee amendments agreed to
03/05/2014Engrossed by House as amended
03/05/2014Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
03/05/2014VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2014Stricken from Senate calendar (38-Y 1-N)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.