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| Bill | Resetting bail, bond, and recognizance determinations; jurisdiction. | Provides that any motion to alter the terms and conditions of bail where the initial bail decision is made by a judge or clerk of a district court or by a magistrate on any charge originally pending in that district court shall be filed in that district court unless (i) a bail decision is on appeal, (ii) such charge has been transferred to a circuit court, or (iii) such charge has been certified by a district court. The bill also provides that a bail decision of a higher court from an appeal of a lower court's bail decision shall be remanded to the lower court in which the case is pending for enforcement and modification of bail. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2019 | HB 2320 | Virginia HB 2320 (2019) |
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Virginia HB 2320 (2019) — Resetting bail, bond, and recognizance determinations; jurisdiction.
Provides that any motion to alter the terms and conditions of bail where the initial bail decision is made by a judge or clerk of a district court or by a magistrate on any charge originally pending in that district court shall be filed in that district court unless (i) a bail decision is on appeal, (ii) such charge has been transferred to a circuit court, or (iii) such charge has been certified by a district court. The bill also provides that a bail decision of a higher court from an appeal of a lower court's bail decision shall be remanded to the lower court in which the case is pending for enforcement and modification of bail. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616) (committee substitute) — source
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2320ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Committee substitute printed 19105764D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100032D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100032D
introduction - 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2019-01-22 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2019-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2019-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2019-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 19105764D-H1
- 2019-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2320H1
- 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2019-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2019-02-21 Enrolled
- 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
- 2019-02-21 Signed by President
- 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 2019-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 616 (effective 7/1/19)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b59d14f9-9621-4e56-8f0d-c07ebde02a9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).