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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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Criminal Procedure
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Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
5 17 6 2019-01-08 2019-03-19 openstates ocd-bill/b59d14f9-9621-4e56-8f0d-c07ebde02a9d http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2320 11b2dc7586f324519a1682ed0620b3fca6f3ce85b9bc0d6d3e016d17d47e8e0d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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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.

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2320ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105764D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100032D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 80 (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).