Seizure of property; receipt required. (SB721)
Introduced By
Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke) with support from co-patron Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax)
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
Seizure of property; receipt required. Requires the agency seizing property to issue contemporaneously with the seizure, a receipt itemizing the property seized. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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12/08/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 |
12/08/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101200D |
12/08/2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/13/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB721) |
01/14/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/14/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15103694D-S1 |
01/16/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/19/2015 | Read second time |
01/19/2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
01/19/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15103694D-S1 |
01/19/2015 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB721S1 |
01/20/2015 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB721S1) |
01/30/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
01/30/2015 | Read first time |
01/30/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/09/2015 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
02/18/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) |
02/20/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15105210D-H1 |
02/23/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB721H1) |
02/23/2015 | Read second time |
02/24/2015 | Read third time |
02/24/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15105210D-H1 |
02/24/2015 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB721H1 |
02/24/2015 | Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/24/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2015 | House substitute rejected by Senate (8-Y 31-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2015 | House insisted on substitute |
02/26/2015 | House requested conference committee |
02/26/2015 | Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2015 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/26/2015 | Senators: Marsden, Garrett, Stuart |
02/26/2015 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/26/2015 | Delegates: Albo, Head, Simon |
02/26/2015 | C Amended by conference committee |
02/27/2015 | Passed by temporarily |
02/27/2015 | Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) |
02/27/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2015 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/06/2015 | Enrolled |
03/06/2015 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB721ER) |
03/06/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB721ER) |
03/06/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
03/07/2015 | Signed by President |
03/10/2015 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/10/15 |
03/10/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
03/27/2015 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
04/14/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
04/15/2015 | Passed by for the day |
04/17/2015 | Communicated to Governor |
04/30/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 769 (effective 7/1/15) |
04/30/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769) |
Comments
The ACLU of Virginia strongly supports requiring law enforcement agencies to issue an itemized receipt to a property owner at the time of a seizure. This common sense bill protects both law enforcement and property owners. Due process guarantees that a person will not be deprived of property without an opportunity to be heard. Such a hearing cannot be fair unless law enforcement and the property owner can at least agree on what was seized and when.
Property owners should be entitled to written confirmation of what, when, where and why their property was seized by an authorized agency.