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Bill Court of Appeals; use of moot courtroom of accredited law schools. Court of Appeals; use of moot courtroom of accredited law schools. Provides that upon proper agreement with the applicable authorities the Court of Appeals may use the moot courtroom of any accredited law school located in the Commonwealth for the holding of court and for its ancillary functions. Current law specifies that the Court may use state and federal facilities but not private law schools in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 63. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 1002 Virginia SB 1002 (2020)
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Virginia SB 1002 (2020) — Court of Appeals; use of moot courtroom of accredited law schools.

Court of Appeals; use of moot courtroom of accredited law schools. Provides that upon proper agreement with the applicable authorities the Court of Appeals may use the moot courtroom of any accredited law school located in the Commonwealth for the holding of court and for its ancillary functions. Current law specifies that the Court may use state and federal facilities but not private law schools in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 63.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1002ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB1002) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
  • Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20104338D introduction
  • 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB1002)
  • 2020-02-03 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-19 VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1002ER)
  • 2020-02-25 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
  • 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
  • 2020-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/525836b3-edfd-42db-a161-60757486b805. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).