Court order; motion or petition for rule to show cause for violation.
Summary
Provides that, in any civil action in a court of record, a party requesting a rule to show cause for a violation of a court order shall file a motion or petition, which may be on a form prescribed by the Office of the Executive Secretary, with the court, which shall include facts identifying with particularity the violation or which shall be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth such facts. The introduced bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 18, 2017
Last action Mar 10, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB128S1
legislature
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Mar 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107267D-S1
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB128E
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Dec 18, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Dec 18, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103433D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason S. Miyares
RRepublican
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