Sexual assault nurse & forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing.
Summary
Admission into evidence of certain forensic medical examination reports by sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault forensic examiners; testimony by two-way video conferencing. Allows testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, by a sexual assault nurse examiner or sexual assault forensic examiner who performed a forensic medical examination to be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill also allows such testimony to be presented by two-way video conferencing when offered by either party in a trial or by the attorney for the Commonwealth in a hearing other than a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, with the consent of the court and all parties.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 28, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB404H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106285D-H1
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101617D
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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