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Bill Defendants; transportation order from correctional facility. Requires the court or clerk, upon request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or counsel for the defendant, to issue a transportation order for a defendant to be brought to court from a correctional facility. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1579 Virginia HB 1579 (2017)
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Virginia HB 1579 (2017) — Defendants; transportation order from correctional facility.

Requires the court or clerk, upon request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or counsel for the defendant, to issue a transportation order for a defendant to be brought to court from a correctional facility.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1579ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101551D (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101551D-E (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105560D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 200 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105560D-S1 — 940 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate with substitute — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 110 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · legislature
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate with substitute — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 150 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101551D introduction
  • 2017-01-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
  • 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB1579E
  • 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17101551D-E
  • 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2017-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 17105560D-S1
  • 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1579S1
  • 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105560D-S1 (94-Y 0-N)
  • 2017-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-24 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
  • 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 479 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3a8ff64-3408-4ae8-87f2-64094574c5d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).