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type: "Bill"
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title: "Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors; criminal case."
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description: "Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors; criminal case. Allows the court and counsel for either party in a criminal case to (i) ask potential jurors any relevant question to ascertain whether the juror can sit impartially in either the guilt or sentencing phase of the case and (ii) inform any potential juror as to the potential range of punishments to ascertain if the person or juror can sit impartially in the sentencing phase of the case. This bill is identical to HB 100."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 325"
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citation: "Virginia SB 325 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52602922-043a-4dd2-a703-6b2d8e5dbbb9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB325"
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source_hash: "9522c67568914cdf7268e3d1d798b013f7da9b25956c2a2edfe1321505a69b9a"
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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 SB 325 (2020) — Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors; criminal case.
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Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors; criminal case. Allows the court and counsel for either party in a criminal case to (i) ask potential jurors any relevant question to ascertain whether the juror can sit impartially in either the guilt or sentencing phase of the case and (ii) inform any potential juror as to the potential range of punishments to ascertain if the person or juror can sit impartially in the sentencing phase of the case. This bill is identical to HB 100.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0588)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB325ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB325)
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3. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB325ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB325ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 5-N) — **16–5** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N) — **63–36** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102152D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-02-10** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House (64-Y 36-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 588 (effective 7/1/20) `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/52602922-043a-4dd2-a703-6b2d8e5dbbb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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