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Bill Virginia State Crime Commission; designating review panel, cases involving Mary Jane Burton, report. Virginia State Crime Commission; review panel; cases involving Mary Jane Burton; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission (the Crime Commission) to designate a panel, consisting of members outlined in the bill, to review the following types of cases at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science where testing or analysis was performed by Mary Jane Burton: (i) cases resulting in convictions of persons who are currently incarcerated, or who were executed or exonerated, and (ii) cases where Burton testified, regardless of the final disposition of the case. However, the panel shall prioritize the review of such cases resulting in convictions of persons who are currently incarcerated. The bill provides that the Crime Commission shall provide staff support to the panel, and may request and shall receive support from other state or local government agencies. The bill provides that the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act do not apply to this panel or its review, or to any information received by or disseminated to any state or local government agency, private organization, or other entity for purposes of this review. The bill directs the panel to report on its work to the Crime Commission by the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly until completion of this review. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1465. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2730 Virginia HB 2730 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2730 (2025) — Virginia State Crime Commission; designating review panel, cases involving Mary Jane Burton, report.

Virginia State Crime Commission; review panel; cases involving Mary Jane Burton; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission (the Crime Commission) to designate a panel, consisting of members outlined in the bill, to review the following types of cases at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science where testing or analysis was performed by Mary Jane Burton: (i) cases resulting in convictions of persons who are currently incarcerated, or who were executed or exonerated, and (ii) cases where Burton testified, regardless of the final disposition of the case. However, the panel shall prioritize the review of such cases resulting in convictions of persons who are currently incarcerated. The bill provides that the Crime Commission shall provide staff support to the panel, and may request and shall receive support from other state or local government agencies. The bill provides that the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act do not apply to this panel or its review, or to any information received by or disseminated to any state or local government agency, private organization, or other entity for purposes of this review. The bill directs the panel to report on its work to the Crime Commission by the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly until completion of this review. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1465.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  5. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N) — 0–97 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 25103310D introduction
  • 2025-01-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2730)
  • 2025-01-25 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
  • 2025-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25103310D-E
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2730)
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Committee substitute printed 25107017D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2730)
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-18 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: Surovell, Hashmi, Stuart
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Hope, Herring, Gilbert
  • 2025-02-22 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-22 Passed by temporarily
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2730ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2730)
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fcba3670-a59b-4784-bbae-377a5633ea40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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