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type: "Bill"
title: "Public defender office; establishes an office for the County of Chesterfield."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1442"
citation: "Virginia SB 1442 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09cbc0b8-1497-4e7e-8ff8-2fd42aecb84a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1442"
source_hash: "d23881c97d7f626ae1c49f9c5b3d6d55429128ddb599cf99689334143fa4adc5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0341)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 21102758D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1442)
3. **Printed as engrossed 21102758D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1442E)
4. **SB1442ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1442ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) — **371** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 0-N) — **920** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **00** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 1-N) — **371** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) — **123** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09cbc0b8-1497-4e7e-8ff8-2fd42aecb84a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).