Court of Appeals; use of moot courtroom of accredited law schools.
Summary
Court of Appeals; use of moot courtroom of accredited law schools. Provides that upon proper agreement with the applicable authorities the Court of Appeals may use the moot courtroom of any accredited law school located in the Commonwealth for the holding of court and for its ancillary functions. Current law specifies that the Court may use state and federal facilities but not private law schools in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 1002.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 4, 2019
Signed Mar 2, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Dec 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 4, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100871D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason S. Miyares
RRepublican
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