Virginia House Bill 2127 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Rights of victims of sexual assault; physical evidence recovery kits. Requires that victims of sexual assault be advised by the investigating law-enforcement agency of their rights regarding physical evidence recovery kits. The bill requires the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services of the Virginia Department of General Services and law-enforcement agencies to store a physical evidence recovery kit for an additional 10 years following a written objection to its destruction from the victim. The bill requires the law-enforcement agency to notify the victim at least 60 days prior to the intended date of destruction of the kit and provides that no victim of sexual assault shall be charged for the cost of collecting or storing a kit.

Victims of sexual assault; rights of victims, physical evidence recovery kits.

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]

2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535)
2017-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 535 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
2017-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2127ER)
2017-02-20	House	Enrolled
2017-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-15	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2017-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-02-07	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2017-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2017-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2127H1
2017-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 17104909D-H1
2017-02-06	House	Read second time
2017-02-04	House	Read first time
2017-02-03	House	Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N)
2017-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2017-01-30	House	Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
2017-01-27	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2017-01-27	House	Committee substitute printed 17104909D-H1
2017-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2017-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2017-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2017-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102410D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	11.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	11.12	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	11.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	11.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2127
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2127+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2127H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2127ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0535+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0801V0038+HB2127
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0801V0065+HB2127
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H08V0097+HB2127
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0208V0004+HB2127
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H02V0059+HB2127
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2001+HB2127
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0278+HB2127
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0527HB2127+HB2127
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0549HB2127+HB2127