Virginia House Bill 5147 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 1 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; at or after trial before a judge; emergency. Allows a personal appearance required or permitted at or after trial before a judge to be made using two-way electronic video and audio communication (i) with the consent of the defendant and the Commonwealth and (ii) if the defendant has waived his right to be present at trial and the court ascertains that such waiver is voluntary and intelligently made. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Personal appearance by 2-way electronic video/audio communication; at or after trial before judge.

Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-09-01	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-09-01	House	Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 20200890D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	3.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5147
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5147+hil