HB 872 — Portable electronic devices; possession in district or circuit court, policies set by chief judge.
VA 20261 session
Possession of portable electronic device in district or circuit court. Requires the chief judge of each general district court, juvenile and domestic relations district court, and circuit court to set a policy regarding the use and possession of portable electronic devices by visitors to the court. The bill authorizes such chief judge to condition the use and possession of portable electronic devices upon certain limitations. The bill also requires that any such policy be conspicuously posted at the entrance of the courthouse and available on the Virginia Judicial System's website, the district or circuit court's individual website, or a local government website that also has information about such district or circuit court.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (5)
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — sponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- R. Lee Ware (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Lamont Bagby (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (43)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Lamont Bagby (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | R. Lee Ware (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no