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| Bill | Bail bondsman; deposit for surrender of principal for reasons other than failure to appear. | Bail bondsman; deposit for surrender of principal for reasons other than principal's failure to appear. Provides that if a bail bondsman on a bond in a recognizance surrenders his principal for any reason other than the principal's failure to appear in any court, the bondsman shall deposit with the clerk of court or magistrate the greater of 10 percent of the amount of the bond or $50, which shall be made at such time the bondsman makes application for a capias. Under current law, such deposit is made by a bail bondsman on a bond in recognizance if he surrenders his principal for any reason other than a summons to show cause issued by the court for which the principal is to appear. The bill also replaces "principal" with "payer" in specifying to whom deposited funds are returned if the court finds that the surrender of the principal by the bondsman was unreasonable. If the bondsman does not petition the court for the return of the deposited funds within 15 days from the surrender of the principal, the deposited funds shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the Literary Fund. This bill incorporates HB 138. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 136 | Virginia HB 136 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 136 (2020) — Bail bondsman; deposit for surrender of principal for reasons other than failure to appear.
Bail bondsman; deposit for surrender of principal for reasons other than principal's failure to appear. Provides that if a bail bondsman on a bond in a recognizance surrenders his principal for any reason other than the principal's failure to appear in any court, the bondsman shall deposit with the clerk of court or magistrate the greater of 10 percent of the amount of the bond or $50, which shall be made at such time the bondsman makes application for a capias. Under current law, such deposit is made by a bail bondsman on a bond in recognizance if he surrenders his principal for any reason other than a summons to show cause issued by the court for which the principal is to appear. The bill also replaces "principal" with "payer" in specifying to whom deposited funds are returned if the court finds that the surrender of the principal by the bondsman was unreasonable. If the bondsman does not petition the court for the return of the deposited funds within 15 days from the surrender of the principal, the deposited funds shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the Literary Fund. This bill incorporates HB 138.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB136ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB136H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB136H1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102543D
introduction - 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-22 Committee substitute printed 20106258D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-22 Incorporates HB138 (Collins)
- 2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106258D-H1
- 2020-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB136H1
- 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-28 VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB136H1)
- 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-19 Enrolled
- 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-20 Signed by President
- 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
- 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
- 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 20 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b85fa493-7307-44e5-82b5-6d7729bb5760. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).