VA HB5147 | 2020 | 1st Special Session
Status
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]
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]
Summary
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.
Title
Personal appearance by 2-way electronic video/audio communication; at or after trial before judge.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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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 |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
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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 |