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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1839: Admission of evidence; evidentiary hearing, excluded persons.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1839 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Admission of evidence; evidentiary hearing, excluded persons. Primary sponsor: Delores Oates (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Courts of Justice.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Admission of evidence; evidentiary hearing; excluded persons. Exempts one person whose presence, in the judgment of the court, would be supportive of the complaining witness and would not impair the conduct of a fair hearing or pose a substantial risk of influencing or affecting the content of the testimony from being excluded from evidentiary hearings for certain prosecutions. The bill provides that if such support person is exempted, the judge shall admonish such support person to not prompt, communicate with, or influence the complaining witness in any way. Lastly, the bill provides that a court may exercise its discretion to remove the support person from the courtroom if it believes such support person is prompting, communicating with, or influencing the complaining witness.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Delores OatesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Courts of Justice
  2. Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
  3. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100865D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source