Virginia Senate Bill 546 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0988)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Juveniles; trial as adult. Increases from 14 years of age to 16 years of age the minimum age at which a juvenile must be tried as an adult in circuit court for murder or aggravated malicious wounding; however, if the juvenile is 14 years of age or older but younger than 16 years of age, the court, on motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, shall hold a transfer hearing. The minimum age is also raised from 14 to 16 for certain charges requiring notice of intent to try such juvenile as an adult by the attorney for the Commonwealth. In order to be tried as an adult in circuit court for the charges that under current law require notice of intent to proceed with trial as an adult by the attorney for the Commonwealth, the bill requires that (i) a report concerning the juvenile be prepared by the court services unit or other qualified agency and (ii) the attorney for the Commonwealth provide written notice that he intends to proceed with a preliminary hearing for trial of such juvenile as an adult, including affirmation that he has read the report.

Juveniles; trial as adult, minimum age.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 6-N) (Y: 32 N: 6 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N) (Y: 88 N: 10 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 5-N) (Y: 16 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) (Y: 31 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N) (Y: 9 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0988)
2020-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 988 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB546ER)
2020-03-05	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-28	Senate	Title replaced 20108708D-H2
2020-02-28	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 6-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with substitute (88-Y 10-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB546H2
2020-02-26	House	Substitute by Delegate Mullin agreed to 20108708D-H2
2020-02-26	House	Committee substitute rejected 20108510D-H1
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-26	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-24	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-21	House	Floor substitute printed 20108708D-H2 (Mullin)
2020-02-21	House	Read second time
2020-02-19	House	Committee substitute printed 20108510D-H1
2020-02-19	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
2020-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-02-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB546S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108088D-S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108088D-S1
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102990D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	228	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	241	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	249	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	269.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	269.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	270	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	284.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	285.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	299.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	305	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	309.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB546
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB546+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB546S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB546H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB546H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB546ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0988+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0264+SB0546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0591SB0546+SB0546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0599SB0546+SB0546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0605SB0546+SB0546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0168+SB0546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0360+SB0546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1473+SB0546
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1234SB0546+SB0546