Virginia Senate Bill 337 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-11 - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)

Recording courtroom proceedings. Provides that proceedings in general and juvenile and domestic relations district courts may be recorded verbatim by a court reporter or by mechanical or electronic devices. The bill also provides that the proceedings in misdemeanor cases may be recorded in the same manner. The bill also imposes a fee of $50 upon any party who uses mechanical or electronic devices provided by the court to make a verbatim recording of the evidence and incidents of a trial or proceeding in both circuit and district courts. The fee shall be retained locally and paid into a special fund for the purpose of repairing, replacing, or supplementing such devices or to pay for the purchase price of such devices or for renovations to the courtroom necessary for the use of such devices.

Courtroom proceedings; provides general & juvenile & domestic relations district courts may record.

Sen. Kenneth Cuccinelli [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-02-11		Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2008-01-10		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2008-01-08		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-08		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080239216

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB337