Virginia Senate Bill 537 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Offenses requiring registration; withdrawal of plea by certain defendants. Provides that prior to conviction for an offense requiring registration on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry due to the minority, physical helplessness, or mental incapacity of the victim, when the indictment, warrant, or information does not allege that the victim of the offense was a minor, physically helpless, or mentally incapacitated, the court shall determine whether the victim was a minor, physically helpless, or mentally incapacitated. The bill also provides that when the court is required to make such determination, it shall advise the defendant of his right to make a motion to withdraw a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. If the court grants the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea, the case shall be heard by another judge unless the parties agree otherwise. The bill further provides that failure to make a determination as to the minority, physical helplessness, or mental incapacity of the victim or so advise the defendant of his right to make a motion to withdraw his plea does not otherwise invalidate the conviction.

Offenses requiring registration; withdrawal of plea by certain defendants, etc.

Sen. Thomas Norment [R]

2014-03-06 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 1-N) (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-03		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)
2014-04-03		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2014-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB537ER)
2014-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2014-03-06	Senate	Title replaced 14105328D-H1
2014-03-06	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2014-03-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2014-03-05	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2014-03-05	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB537H1
2014-03-05	House	Committee substitute agreed to 14105328D-H1
2014-03-05	House	Read third time
2014-03-04	House	Read second time
2014-02-28	House	Committee substitute printed 14105328D-H1
2014-02-28	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
2014-02-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
2014-02-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2014-02-12	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-02-12	House	Read first time
2014-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2014-02-06	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB537S1
2014-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 14104750D-S1
2014-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2014-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2014-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 14104750D-S1
2014-02-03	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 1-N)
2014-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100978D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	1	902	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB537
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB537+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB537S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB537H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB537ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0546+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S03V0145+SB0537
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0271SB0537+SB0537
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0310SB0537+SB0537
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H0801V0193+SB0537
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H08V0400+SB0537
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV1357+SB0537
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0825SB0537+SB0537