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2001 SESSION

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SB 977 Authority to defer, discharge and dismiss first offenders.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Authority to defer, discharge and dismiss. Provides that the court may place a defendant who has not been previously convicted of a felony or a Class 1 or 2 misdemeanor on probation and defer further proceeding without entering a judgment of guilt. The provision applies only if the instant offense does not require a mandatory period of incarceration. If the charge is a felony, the attorney for the Commonwealth must consent.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/01 018871508  pdf
• 02/05/01  Senate: Committee substitute printed 011026508-S1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/01  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/01 018871508
• 01/10/01  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/04/01  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub (10-Y 4-N 1-A)
• 02/05/01  Senate: Committee substitute printed 011026508-S1
• 02/05/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/01  Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/01  Senate: Read second time
• 02/06/01  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/06/01  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 011026508-S1
• 02/06/01  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute 011026508-S1
• 02/06/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/01  Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)
• 02/06/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (31-Y 7-N)
• 02/06/01  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/09/01  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/01  House: Read first time
• 02/09/01  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/16/01  House: Tabled in Courts of Justice (20-Y 3-N)