Committee carries HB1413 to refine technical‑violation rules after wide testimony
HB1413, a cleanup of the probation‑violation statute, was carried over after extensive testimony. The bill clarifies when technical violations should be bundled, removes a GPS‑monitoring item from 'technical' status by amendment, and asks for further study or Crime Commission review due to wide stakeholder disagreement.
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Delegate Schmidt presented House Bill 1413 to clarify and recalibrate Virginia’s statute on probation violations, an area that speakers and judges have described as producing inconsistent outcomes across jurisdictions since a 2021 change in law.
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