HB77
Venue in criminal cases; concurrent jurisdiction, obsolete provisions.
Summary
As Introduced. Venue in criminal cases; concurrent jurisdiction; obsolete provisions.
Provides that the courts of a locality have concurrent jurisdiction with the courts of any other adjoining locality over criminal offenses committed in or upon the premises, buildings, rooms, or offices owned or occupied by such locality or any officer, agency, or department thereof that are located in the adjoining ... (More) locality and repeals an existing statute that provides such concurrent jurisdiction for certain enumerated localities. The bill also deletes references to corporation courts, which no longer exist, and repeals several obsolete provisions involving courts not of record that ceased to be applicable in 1980. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/06/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100079D
- 12/06/2017 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/2018 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/29/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2018 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2018 - House: Read first time
- 02/08/2018 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/09/2018 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2018 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/2018 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2018 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/2018 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2018 - House: Enrolled
- 02/21/2018 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB77ER)
- 02/21/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/2018 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/2018 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 02/26/2018 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 03/05/2018 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 164 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/05/2018 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164)
