republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1442.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public defender office; establishes an office for the County of Chesterfield.	Public defender offices; County of Chesterfield. Establishes a public defender office for the County of Chesterfield. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1442	Virginia SB 1442 (2021)	bill		enacted	Joseph D. Morrissey	4	43	12	2021-01-18	2021-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/09cbc0b8-1497-4e7e-8ff8-2fd42aecb84a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1442	d23881c97d7f626ae1c49f9c5b3d6d55429128ddb599cf99689334143fa4adc5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1442 (2021) — Public defender office; establishes an office for the County of Chesterfield.

Public defender offices; County of Chesterfield. Establishes a public defender office for the County of Chesterfield. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0341 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 21102758D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 21102758D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1442ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (93-Y 0-N) — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 1-N) — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 21102758D introduction
• 2021-01-18 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1442)
• 2021-01-25 Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1442E
• 2021-02-04 Printed as engrossed 21102758D-E
• 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
• 2021-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB1442E)
• 2021-02-18 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2021-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-19 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2021-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-19 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2021-02-20 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-20 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-21 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-22 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-24 Passed by for the day
• 2021-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-25 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-25 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2021-02-25 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (93-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-25 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-25 House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 1-N)
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB1442ER)
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09cbc0b8-1497-4e7e-8ff8-2fd42aecb84a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).