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type: "Bill"
title: "Bail for a person accused of a crime that is an act of violence; notice to attorney."
description: "Bail for a person accused of a crime that is an act of violence; notice to attorney for the Commonwealth. Requires a magistrate to transmit within 24 hours a copy of the checklist for bail determination form to the attorney for the Commonwealth when a magistrate conducts a bail hearing for a person arrested on a warrant or capias for an act of violence. The bill also provides that transmission of such copy to the attorney for the Commonwealth may be by facsimile or other electronic means. This bill is identical to HB 756."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 614"
citation: "Virginia SB 614 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/486c2f79-cb91-4ef7-99be-5a3f641c4138"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB614"
source_hash: "3880baa09e4e16a6774c197d3c02f919204946abbb24a04ebb84e7d6cd52fdca"
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 614 (2022) — Bail for a person accused of a crime that is an act of violence; notice to attorney.
Bail for a person accused of a crime that is an act of violence; notice to attorney for the Commonwealth. Requires a magistrate to transmit within 24 hours a copy of the checklist for bail determination form to the attorney for the Commonwealth when a magistrate conducts a bail hearing for a person arrested on a warrant or capias for an act of violence. The bill also provides that transmission of such copy to the attorney for the Commonwealth may be by facsimile or other electronic means. This bill is identical to HB 756.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0048** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0048)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 22102935D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB614)
3. **Printed as engrossed 22102935D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB614E)
4. **SB614ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB614ER)
## Votes
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (10-Y 5-N) — **105** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **382** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 22102935D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-26** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-01-31** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-01-31** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB614E
- **2022-01-31** Printed as engrossed 22102935D-E
- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB614E)
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB614ER)
- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 48 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/486c2f79-cb91-4ef7-99be-5a3f641c4138`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).