Vehicle registration; dismissal of summons for expiration, proof of compliance.
Summary
Authorizes courts to dismiss a summons issued for expiration of vehicle registration if the defendant provides to the court proof of compliance with the law on or before the court date. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Dec 14, 2018
Signed Feb 13, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 1, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 1, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Feb 13, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 1, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 10, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Dec 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 14, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101090D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
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