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type: "Bill"
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title: "Resetting bail, bond, and recognizance determinations; jurisdiction."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2320"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2320 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schuyler T. VanValkenburg"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b59d14f9-9621-4e56-8f0d-c07ebde02a9d"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2320"
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source_hash: "11b2dc7586f324519a1682ed0620b3fca6f3ce85b9bc0d6d3e016d17d47e8e0d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2320 (2019) — Resetting bail, bond, and recognizance determinations; jurisdiction.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0616)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2320)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2320ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2320ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105764D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2320H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100032D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2320)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100032D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 19105764D-H1
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- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2320H1
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- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 616 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b59d14f9-9621-4e56-8f0d-c07ebde02a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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