SB 1334 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Juvenile and domestic relations district court; preliminary hearing, violent juvenile felony.

Summary

Juvenile and domestic relations district court; preliminary hearing; violent juvenile felony. Requires a juvenile and domestic relations district court to conduct a preliminary hearing whenever a juvenile 16 years of age or older is charged with entering an occupied dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, or robbery or to commit arson, whether or not the dwelling house, etc., is occupied.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Sub-Topics: Juvenile Justice Violent Crime Courts

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Jan 22, 2025

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Introduced → Courts of Justice Substitute · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended from its original 'Introduced' version to a 'Substitute' version prepared by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. The substantive legal text regarding juvenile transfer hearings and preliminary hearings appears identical, but the document format changed significantly, including the addition of page numbers, committee markings, and draft status indicators. No substantive policy changes to the law itself are evident in this diff.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains unchanged; the amendment affects the same section of the Code of Virginia (§ 16.1-269.1) regarding juvenile transfer hearings and preliminary hearings for violent offenses.

TECHNICAL

Document formatting changed from original introduction format to substitute amendment format with page numbers, committee markings, and draft status indicators.

Text layout and spacing were altered to conform to Senate Committee substitute amendment formatting standards.

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Committee

Jan 13, 2025

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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

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