Virginia House Bill 1198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Courts not of record; circuit court hearing; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction; objections and appeals. Provides, in certain violent felony cases, for a juvenile's right to appeal to the circuit court the attorney for the Commonwealth's decision to certify that the juvenile's case be transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult. If the juvenile appeals the decision to transfer, the circuit court will conduct a hearing on the merits, using factors currently used by the juvenile and domestic relations district court for transfer decisions.

Circuit court hearing; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2012-02-01		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-24		House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2012-01-19		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-19		House: Presented and ordered printed 12104289D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	269.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB1198
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1198+hil