Judicial personnel; testimony of certain personnel. (SB794)
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Description
Magistrates; issuance of arrest warrants; competency to testify. Provides that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for any criminal offense upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer or an animal control officer without prior authorization from the attorney for the Commonwealth or a law-enforcement agency in his jurisdiction. This procedure already applies to felonies; this bill will add misdemeanors to the existing provision. The bill provides that a person who has the power to issue warrants is competent to testify in a criminal proceeding on a crime committed in his presence in the course of his official duties. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/31/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100270D |
| 12/31/2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/19/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/19/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15103782D-S1 |
| 01/20/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/21/2015 | Read second time |
| 01/21/2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 01/21/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15103782D-S1 |
| 01/21/2015 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB794S1 |
| 01/22/2015 | Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 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 |
| 02/16/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) |
| 02/20/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15105188D-H1 |
| 02/23/2015 | Read second time |
| 02/24/2015 | Read third time |
| 02/24/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15105188D-H1 |
| 02/24/2015 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB794H1 |
| 02/24/2015 | Passed House with substitute (79-Y 20-N) |
| 02/24/2015 | VOTE: PASSAGE (79-Y 20-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2015 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2015 | Title replaced 15105188D-H1 |
| 03/06/2015 | Enrolled |
| 03/06/2015 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB794ER) |
| 03/06/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/07/2015 | Signed by President |
| 03/09/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB794ER) |
| 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 |
| 03/26/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 635 (effective 7/1/15) |
| 03/26/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0635) |
Comments
What about Federal Law Enforcement Officers and those listed in 19.2-12 and 19.2-13 that have statutory powers of arrest?