Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB811
Legislation Overview
Title: Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail.
Subject: Courts Not of Record: Courts of Record: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Criminal Procedure: Circuit Courts: Judges Justices and Other Elective Officers: District Courts: Magistrates
Description: Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail. Creates a rebuttable presumption against bail for certain criminal offenses enumerated in the bill and for persons identified as being illegally present in the United States by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who are charged with certain offenses. The bill also provides that a magistrate, clerk, or deputy clerk of a district court or circuit court shall not admit to bail, that is not set by a judge, any person who is charged with an offense giving rise to a rebuttable presumption against bail without the concurrence of an attorney for the Commonwealth. The bill also requires the court to consider specified factors when determining whether the presumption against bail has been rebutted and whether there are appropriate conditions of release.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 15, 2022
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Wren Williams (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 15, 2022 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 31, 2022 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 29, 2022 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 12, 2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100829D |
| House | Jan 12, 2022 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 12, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) | 01/31/2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
