Votes at a glance: Courts of Justice subcommittee reports several bills before crossover

At its final pre-crossover meeting the Senate Courts of Justice subcommittee reported several bills to the Senate floor and carried over one measure for additional study. Recorded outcomes in committee included:

- SB 753 (Reeves): Reported (roll call recorded as Eyes 10, No 0). The committee confirmed patron approvals and had no further discussion.

- SB 504 (vested rights; residential development): Reported after amendments limiting protections to residential development were adopted (clerk: Eyes 10, No 1, Abstentions 1). Public comment from the Free Enterprise Forum of Charlottesville supported the measure.

- SB 714 (pretrial assessment): Reported after amendments; clerk recorded Eyes 9, No 3, Abstentions 1. The bill recognizes the Public Safety Assessment and clarifies interviews are optional.

- SB 804 (judicial-report release process): Reported unanimously (Eyes 13, No 0). The bill adds automatic disclosure after 30 days if bipartisan consensus to redact is not reached.

- SB 764 (deferred dispositions and license suspensions): Reported after amendments narrowing license-suspension authority to offenses involving operation of a vehicle or watercraft; CDL exclusion adopted (vote recorded in committee packet).

- SB 528 (misdemeanor competency-restoration): Substitute adopted and reported (roll recorded as House 15, No 0); the substitute creates an outpatient restoration track for certain misdemeanor competency cases.

- SB 265 (aggravated bullying/cyberbullying): Carried over (Eyes 9, No 6); committee requested the chair draft a letter to the Crime Commission for study.

Where roll tallies were announced, they are reported as recorded by the clerk during the hearing. Committee members indicated some measures would return to the floor with technical or scope clarifications.