Virginia HB 378: Jury duty; allowance increase.

Bill Text

2022SESSION
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1 HOUSEBILLNO.378
2 OfferedJanuary12,2022
3 PrefiledJanuary11,2022
4 A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-618 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jury duty; allowance
5 increase.
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Patrons––Williams Graves, Clark, Glass, Hope, Jenkins, Keam, Kory, Maldonado, McQuinn, Mullin,
Plum, Rasoul, Reid, Scott, D.L., Shin, Simonds and Watts
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8 ReferredtoCommitteeforCourtsofJustice
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10 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
11 1. That §17.1-618 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
12 § 17.1-618. Allowances for jurors; expenses of keeping jury together; fees of jury commissioners
13 and commissioner in chancery for drawing of juries.
14 A. Every person summoned as a juror in a civil or criminal case shall be entitled to thirty dollars the
15 following allowance for each day of attendance upon the court for expenses of travel incident to jury
16 service and other necessary and reasonable costs as the court may direct:
17 1. Prior to July 1, 2022: $30;
18 2. Beginning July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023: $40;
19 3. Beginning July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024: $45;
20 4. From and after July 1, 2024: $50.
21 B. Jurors summoned from another political subdivision pursuant to § 8.01-363 may be allowed by the
22 court, in addition to the above allowance, their actual expenses. When kept together overnight under the
23 supervision of the court, the jurors and the sheriff or his deputies keeping the jury shall be furnished
24 suitable board and lodging. Reimbursement for board and lodging shall be set by the judge in an amount
25 not to exceed the amount authorized by travel regulations promulgated pursuant to § 2.2-2823.
26 Allowances and other costs will be allowed a juror in only one case the same day.
27 C. Every person serving as a jury commissioner and every person serving as a commissioner in
28 chancery for the drawing of juries for a circuit court of this Commonwealth may be allowed, by the
29 court appointing him, a fee not exceeding thirty dollars the following amount per day for the time
30 actually engaged in such work and such other necessary and reasonable costs as the court may direct:
31 1. Prior to July 1, 2022: $30;
32 2. Beginning July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023: $40;
33 3. Beginning July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024: $45;
34 4. From and after July 1, 2024: $50.
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HB378
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