Public defender office; establishes an office for the County of Chesterfield.
Summary
Public defender offices; County of Chesterfield. Establishes a public defender office for the County of Chesterfield. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
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 18, 2021
Signed Mar 24, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2021
How they voted
31–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Feb 5, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
13
Committee
15
Amendments
4
Mar 24, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (93-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2021
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Feb 20, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1442E
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Jan 18, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 18, 2021
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 21102758D
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
Co
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
Co
Lee Ware
RRepublican
Co
Rod Willett
DDemocratic
Co
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
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