Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SR 1 — Public defender offices; feasibility, expense, and implementation of statewide coverage, report.

Last action — Continued to 2023 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Feasibility, expense, and implementationof statewide coverage of public defender offices; study. Directsthe Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (the Commission) to establish a work group to study the feasibility, cost, and implementation ofstatewide coverage of public defender offices. The bill directs theCommission to report its findings and recommendations to the chairmenof the Virginia State Crime Commission, the House Committee for Courtsof Justice, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the House Committeeon Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriationsby November 1, 2022.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Continued to 2023 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)

  2. Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100390D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Continued to 2023 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

What does SR 1 do?
Feasibility, expense, and implementationof statewide coverage of public defender offices; study. Directsthe Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (the Commission) to establish a work group to study the feasibility, cost, and implementation ofstatewide coverage of public defender offices. The bill directs theCommission to report its findings and recommendations to the chairmenof the Virginia State Crime Commission, the House Committee for Courtsof Justice, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the House Committeeon Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriationsby November 1, 2022.
Who sponsors SR 1?
SR 1 is sponsored by Edwards, John S..
What is the current status of SR 1?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SR 1?
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