Hope Card Program; permanent protective orders. (SB534)

Introduced By

Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester) with support from co-patron Del. Karrie Delaney (D-Centreville)

Progress

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

Description

Hope Card Program; permanent protective orders. Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop and implement a Hope Card Program (the Program) for the issuance of a Hope Card to any person who has been issued a permanent protective order by any general district court, juvenile and domestic relations court, or circuit court. The bill states that a Hope Card issued pursuant to the Program shall be a durable, plastic, wallet-sized card containing essential information about the protective order, such as the identifying information and characteristics of the person subject to the protective order, the issuance and expiration date of the protective order, the terms of the protective order, and the names of any other persons protected by the protective order. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. Read the Bill »

Status

02/14/2020: In Committee

History

Date	Action
01/07/2020	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/07/2020	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102502D
01/07/2020	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
01/08/2020	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
01/21/2020	Impact statement from DPB (SB534)
01/29/2020	Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2020	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/06/2020	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2020	Read second time
02/11/2020	Reading of amendments waived
02/11/2020	Committee amendments agreed to
02/11/2020	Reading of amendment waived
02/11/2020	Committee amendment agreed to
02/11/2020	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB534E
02/11/2020	Printed as engrossed 20102502D-E
02/11/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2020	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2020	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2020	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2020	Placed on Calendar
02/14/2020	Read first time
02/14/2020	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice