House Bill 2513 Passes the Senate

House Bill 2513, which adds acts of Mob Violence to the offenses an intake officer may report to a School Superintendant, has passed the Senate 40-0.

SB1218 Recommended for Reporting by Courts Criminal Subcommittee

SB1218, which allows the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice to notify the appropriate school division superintendent when a juvenile who poses a credible danger of serious bodily injury or death to students, school personnel or others on school property is released from a juvenile correctional center, has been recommended for reporting by the House Committee on Courts of Justice Criminal Law Subcommitttee. The bill will now be heard before the full House Commmittee on Courts of Justice.

SB1377 Has been recommended for Reporting by the House Committee on Courts of Justice

SB1377, which provides that police and sheriff departments may release current information on juvenile arrests to law-enforcement agencies in other states, has been recommeded for Reporting by the House Committee on Courts of Justice in a unanimous vote. It will now be heard before the Full House of Delegates.

SB 1329 has been assigned to the Committee for Courts of Justice, Criminal Sub-Committee

SB 1329 has been assigned to the House Criminal Sub-Committee.  The bill passed the Senate unanimously on February 9, 2009.

SB 1329 requires the Attorney General to identify, collect, and make available on the Internet a list of constitutional, statutory and regulatory collateral consequences of a criminal conviction.  Collateral consequences are those consequences that arise as a result of a criminal conviction (such as employment barriers) but are not imprisonment, parole, probation, fines, forfeiture, restitution, etc.

HB 1843 is assigned to Courts for Criminal Justice, Civil Sub-Committee

Since passing the House in a block vote and crossing over to the Senate, HB 1843 has been assigned to the Committee for Courts of Justice, Civil Sub-committee.

 

 

This bill makes a number of changes. It requires that courts retain records for certain sexual misdemeanors for 50 years rather than 10 years.  It allows access to juvenile courts and records of the Department of Juvenile Justice; addresses challenges to filing defects, including defendants under the Commitment Review Committee; and it removes the requirement that victims of certain crimes must have suffered physical bodily injury in order for certain prisoners to be referred to Commitment Review Committee.  HB 1843 also allows access to sealed records; extends from 60 to 90 days the time for a probable cause hearing and allowing the respondent to waive his right to such hearing; sets a standard for the court to find probable cause; allows hearings to be conducted using two-way electronic video and audio communications systems and telephonic communication for witnesses; and extends the number of days after the probable cause hearing for conduct of the trial from 90 to 120 days. 

HB 2310 has passed the House and Senate

HB 2310 passed the Senate unanimously after being passed as a block vote by the House.

This bill provides that any person, agency, or institution that may inspect juvenile case files shall be authorized to have copies made of such records, subject to any restrictions, conditions, or prohibitions that the court may impose. HB 2310 is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.