Virginia House Bill 873 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1167)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Discovery in criminal cases. Establishes requirements and procedures for discovery by an accused and by the Commonwealth in a criminal case. The bill requires a party requesting discovery to request that the other party voluntarily comply with such request prior to filing any motion before a judge. Upon receiving a negative or unsatisfactory response, or upon the passage of seven days following the receipt of the request without response, the party requesting discovery may file a motion for discovery with the court. The bill details information that is subject to discovery and provides that discovery shall be provided at a reasonable time before trial but that in no case shall it be provided later than (i) 14 days before trial on a misdemeanor in circuit court, (ii) 30 days before trial on a felony or multiple felony counts punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for an aggregate of 30 years or less, or (iii) 90 days before trial on a felony or multiple felony counts punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for an aggregate of more than 30 years. The bill also provides a mechanism for redaction of certain personal identifying information and creates a procedure for either party to move the court to enter a protection order with regard to discovery. Finally, the bill grants the court the ability to impose various remedies it deems just if a party fails to comply with any of the requirements.

Discovery in criminal cases; penalties, effective provision.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]

Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) (Y: 28 N: 11 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) (Y: 56 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 7-N) (Y: 10 N: 7 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1167)
2020-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1167 (effective - see bill)
2020-03-17		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-17	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-12	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB873ER)
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Read third time
2020-03-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-24	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB873H1
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107766D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Incorporates HB1153 (Lopez)
2020-02-07	House	Committee substitute printed 20107766D-H1
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 7-N)
2020-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101904D

HB1153 (Similar To) 2020-02-07 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	264.15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	264.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	265.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB873
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB873+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB873H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB873ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1167+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0156+HB0873
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0220+HB0873
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0845+HB0873
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0415+HB0873
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0502+HB0873
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1529HB0873+HB0873
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1595HB0873+HB0873