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SENATE BILL NO. 775 Offered February 3, 2000 A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-33 of the Code of Virginia, relating to felony homicide; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Stolle ---------- Consent to introduce ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-33 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-33. Felony homicide defined; punishment.

A. The killing of one accidentally, contrary to the intention of the parties, while in the prosecution of some felonious act other than those specified in §§ 18.2-31 and 18.2-32, is murder of the second degree and is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than five years nor more than forty years.

B. The killing of one accidentally by use of a handgun, contrary to the intention of the parties, while in the prosecution of some illegal, but not felonious act, is involuntary manslaughter and punishable as a Class 5 felony.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is