SB 325 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors; criminal case.

Summary

Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors; criminal case. Allows the court and counsel for either party in a criminal case to (i) ask potential jurors any relevant question to ascertain whether the juror can sit impartially in either the guilt or sentencing phase of the case and (ii) inform any potential juror as to the potential range of punishments to ascertain if the person or juror can sit impartially in the sentencing phase of the case. This bill is identical to HB 100.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2020

Committee Review

Feb 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Mar 2020

Introduced Jan 6, 2020 Signed Mar 31, 2020

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2020

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 11, 2020

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 31, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 588 (effective 7/1/20)

Feb 24, 2020

House of Delegates · Passed

Passed House (64-Y 36-N)

Feb 19, 2020

House of Delegates · Reported by committee

Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 5-N)

Feb 14, 2020

House of Delegates · Referred to committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Feb 11, 2020

Senate · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

Feb 10, 2020

Senate · Reported by committee

Reported 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

Jan 6, 2020

Senate · Referred to committee

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

Jan 6, 2020

Senate · Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102152D

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors