Public defender offices; feasibility, expense, and implementation of statewide coverage, report. (SR1)
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Description
Feasibility, expense, and implementation of statewide coverage of public defender offices; study. Directs the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (the Commission) to establish a work group to study the feasibility, cost, and implementation of statewide coverage of public defender offices. The bill directs the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the chairmen of the Virginia State Crime Commission, the House Committee for Courts of Justice, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2022. Read the Bill »
Status
01/08/2022: Awaiting a Vote in the Judiciary Committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/08/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100390D |
| 01/08/2022 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 02/07/2022 | Continued to 2023 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |