VA SB806 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 11 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-03 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Ex parte requests for investigative services or expert assistance in criminal cases. Allows a defendant or his attorney, when such defendant is charged with a felony offense or Class 1 misdemeanor and is financially unable to pay for expert assistance, to move the circuit court to designate another judge in the same circuit to hear an ex parte request for appointment of a qualified expert to assist in the preparation of the defendant's defense. Upon receiving the defendant's or his attorney's declaration of need for confidentiality, the designated ex parte judge shall conduct an ex parte hearing on the request for authorization to obtain expert assistance. After a hearing upon the motion and upon a showing that the provision of the requested expert services would materially assist the defendant in preparing his defense and the denial of such services would result in a fundamentally unfair trial, the court shall order the appointment of a qualified expert. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

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Title

Criminal cases; ex parte requests for expert assistance.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) (Y: 35 N: 4 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]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 1-N) (Y: 15 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-03-03HouseLeft in Appropriations
2020-02-19HouseReferred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-19HouseCommittee substitute printed 20108512D-H1
2020-02-19HouseReported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
2020-02-17HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2020-02-14HouseAssigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-02-14HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-14HouseRead first time
2020-02-14HousePlaced on Calendar
2020-02-11SenatePassed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
2020-02-11SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11SenatePrinted as engrossed 20107692D-ES1
2020-02-11SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB806ES1
2020-02-11SenateCommittee amendment agreed to
2020-02-11SenateReading of amendment waived
2020-02-11SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 20107692D-S1
2020-02-11SenateReading of substitute waived
2020-02-11SenateRead second time
2020-02-10SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06SenateReported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 1-N)
2020-02-05SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-05SenateCommittee substitute printed 20107692D-S1
2020-02-05SenateReported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
2020-01-24SenateAssigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
2020-01-08SenateReferred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-08SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103178D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
192266.4(n/a)See Bill Text
192266.5(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB806
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB806+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB806S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB806ES1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB806H1+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0196+SB0806
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0229+SB0806
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0457SB0806+SB0806
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0528SB0806+SB0806
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0556SB0806+SB0806
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0173+SB0806
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0349+SB0806

Bill Comments

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