Two-way video testimony; reports by Chief Medical Examiner. (HB634)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Two-way video testimony; reports by Chief Medical Examiner. Provides that any testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, from the Chief Medical Examiner, his assistants, or medical examiners who performed a medicolegal investigation of death or postmortem examination may be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill provides that any decision to purchase a two-way electronic video and audio communication system is at the discretion of the locality. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/09/2018 | Committee |
| 01/09/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101592D |
| 01/09/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/16/2018 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 01/17/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 01/19/2018 | Impact statement from VDH (HB634) |
| 01/29/2018 | Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/31/2018 | Read first time |
| 02/01/2018 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/02/2018 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/02/2018 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/05/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/19/2018 | Committee amendments |
| 02/19/2018 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |