Clerk of the court; copies of appointment order to counsel.
Summary
Copies of orders to counsel. Provides thatthe clerk of the court shall provide a copy of the appointment orderof a qualified expert to an indigent defendant or his attorney andto the appointed expert. The bill also provides that the chief judgeof each juvenile and domestic relations district court may provide for an alternative means of copying and distributing certain juvenileinvestigative reports or evaluations to counsel.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 7, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 34
Jan 28, 2022
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 543 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100037D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
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