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| Bill | Sexual assault nurse & forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing. | Admission into evidence of certain forensic medical examination reports by sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing. Allows testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, by a sexual assault nurse examiner or sexual assault forensic examiner who performed a forensic medical examination to be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill also allows such testimony to be presented by two-way video conferencing when offered by either party in a trial or by the attorney for the Commonwealth in a hearing other than a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, with the consent of the court and all parties. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 404 | Virginia HB 404 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 404 (2022) — Sexual assault nurse & forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing.
Admission into evidence of certain forensic medical examination reports by sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing. Allows testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, by a sexual assault nurse examiner or sexual assault forensic examiner who performed a forensic medical examination to be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill also allows such testimony to be presented by two-way video conferencing when offered by either party in a trial or by the attorney for the Commonwealth in a hearing other than a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, with the consent of the court and all parties.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0253 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22106285D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB404ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101617D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101617D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB404)
- 2022-02-07 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2022-02-07 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-09 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-11 Committee substitute printed 22106285D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-14 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106285D-H1
- 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB404H1
- 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB404H1)
- 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2022-02-23 Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 Enrolled
- 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB404ER)
- 2022-03-03 Signed by President
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3afec6aa-13cb-40d7-b4b8-79bdeafc3694. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).