HB2129
Child victims and witnesses; using two-way closed-circuit television, expands age range.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Child victims and witnesses using two-way closed-circuit television; standard.
Expands the age range that a child may testify using two-way closed-circuit television in a criminal case to any child younger than 18 years of age at the time of the trial. Under current law, an alleged victim must be 14 years of age or younger at the time of ... (More) the alleged offense and 16 years of age or younger at the time of the trial and a child witness must be 14 years of age or younger at the time of the trial to testify by two-way closed-circuit television. The bill also provides that the court may order that the testimony of a child be taken by closed-circuit television if it finds that the child is unavailable to testify in open court in the presence of the defendant, the jury, the judge, and the public if the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, based upon expert opinion testimony, that the child will suffer emotional trauma that is more than de minimis as a result of testifying in the defendant's presence and not the courtroom generally. Under current law, the court may order such testimony be taken by closed-circuit television if there is a substantial likelihood, based upon expert opinion testimony, that the child will suffer severe emotional trauma from so testifying. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2023 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103472D
- 01/10/2023 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/2023 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/23/2023 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/23/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2023 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2023 - House: Committee substitute printed 23105150D-H1
- 01/27/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/2023 - House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 01/30/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2023 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2129H1)
- 02/01/2023 - House: Read first time
- 02/02/2023 - House: Read second time
- 02/02/2023 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 23105150D-H1
- 02/02/2023 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2129H1
- 02/03/2023 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2023 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/15/2023 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/15/2023 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 23107007D-S1
- 02/15/2023 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/20/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23107007D-S1
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2129S1)
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Reading of Surovell amendment waived
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Amendment by Senator Surovell withdrawn
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Reading of Boysko amendments waived
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Amendments by Senator Boysko rejected (10-Y 29-N)
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB2129S1
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2023 - House: Senate substitute with amendments rejected by House 23107007D-S1 (0-Y 85-N)
- 02/23/2023 - House: VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 85-N)
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendments (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/23/2023 - House: House acceded to request
- 02/23/2023 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/2023 - House: Delegates: Delaney, Bell, Ballard
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Senators: Surovell, Morrissey, Norment
- 02/25/2023 - House: No further action taken
- 02/25/2023 - House: Failed to pass in House
