Virginia House Bill 1376 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Testimony regarding field-test identification of controlled substances. Provides that any law-enforcement officer shall be permitted to testify as to results of field tests approved by the Department of Forensic Science regarding identification of a substance at issue in a preliminary hearing on a violation of subdivision 6 of §53.1-203 (possession of drugs by an inmate). Under current law, this provision applies to only violations of Article 1 (§18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 (drug crimes).

Controlled substances; law-enforcement officer's testimony regarding field-test identification.

Del. Donald Merricks [R]

2013-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-22 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-16 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)
2013-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 60 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-19	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-18	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-18	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1376ER)
2013-02-18	House	Enrolled
2013-02-12	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-12	Senate	Read third time
2013-02-11	Senate	Passed by for the day
2013-02-11	Senate	Read third time
2013-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-06	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
2013-01-23	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2013-01-22	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2013-01-22	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2013-01-21	House	Read second time and engrossed
2013-01-18	House	Read first time
2013-01-16	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2013-01-09	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2013-01-07	House	Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2012-12-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-12-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102262D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	188.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1376
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1376+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1376ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0060+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H0801V0002+HB1376
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H08V0024+HB1376
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0131+HB1376
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S03V0184+HB1376
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0426HB1376+HB1376
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0462HB1376+HB1376