Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions against bail.
Summary
Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions againstbail. Eliminates provisions regarding the rebuttable presumptionsagainst being admitted to bail.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Signed Mar 24, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2021
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 33
Jan 29, 2021
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
R
Republican16
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Amendments
4
Mar 24, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 337 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
House amendments agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (52-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1266E
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-0-3)
senate
Jan 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with amendment (9-Y 4-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101327D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Creigh Deeds
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
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