Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.
Summary
Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.Increases from $10 to $20 the maximum amount a local governing bodymay assess against a convicted defendant as part of the costs ina criminal or traffic case in district or circuit court to fund courthouseand courtroom security.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Dec 18, 2019
Signed Apr 2, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 26, 2020
How they voted
31–9
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 5, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
57% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
3
Committee
9
Apr 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 602 (effective 7/1/20)
Feb 26, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House (81-Y 18-N)
Feb 21, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 2-N)
Feb 18, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
Feb 14, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned PS sub: Firearms
Feb 13, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Feb 5, 2020
Senate · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
Jan 30, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N)
Jan 13, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Jan 13, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
Jan 8, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
Dec 18, 2019
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Dec 18, 2019
Senate · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101599D
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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