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| Bill | Juveniles; confinement for violation of court order. | Juvenile confinement for violation of courtorder. Reduces from 10 days to seven days the maximum allowableperiod of confinement of a juvenile in a secure facility for a contemptviolation or when a child in need of supervision is found to havewillfully and materially violated an order of the court. The billalso provides that any order of disposition of such violation confiningthe juvenile in a secure facility for juveniles shall (i) identifythe valid court order that has been violated; (ii) specify the factualbasis for determining that there is reasonable cause to believe thatthe juvenile has violated such order; (iii) state the findings offact that support a determination that there is no appropriate lessrestrictive alternative available to placing the juvenile in sucha facility, with due consideration to the best interest of the juvenile;(iv) specify the length of time of such confinement, not to exceedseven days; and (v) include a plan for the juvenile's release fromsuch facility. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1437 | Virginia HB 1437 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1437 (2020) — Juveniles; confinement for violation of court order.
Juvenile confinement for violation of courtorder. Reduces from 10 days to seven days the maximum allowableperiod of confinement of a juvenile in a secure facility for a contemptviolation or when a child in need of supervision is found to havewillfully and materially violated an order of the court. The billalso provides that any order of disposition of such violation confiningthe juvenile in a secure facility for juveniles shall (i) identifythe valid court order that has been violated; (ii) specify the factualbasis for determining that there is reasonable cause to believe thatthe juvenile has violated such order; (iii) state the findings offact that support a determination that there is no appropriate lessrestrictive alternative available to placing the juvenile in sucha facility, with due consideration to the best interest of the juvenile;(iv) specify the length of time of such confinement, not to exceedseven days; and (v) include a plan for the juvenile's release fromsuch facility.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1437ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1437) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105120D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1437)
- 2020-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-30 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-28 Enrolled
- 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1437ER)
- 2020-02-28 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-02 Signed by President
- 2020-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- 2020-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb9a7a17-5adc-4531-ad5c-6bb32d9ae04b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).