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HOUSE BILL NO. 296 Offered January 9, 2008 Prefiled January 3, 2008 A BILL to establish a five-year moratorium on prisoner executions. ---------- Patron-- Hargrove ---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Commonwealth shall not conduct any executions of prisoners sentenced to death. This act is a suspension of executions only; all other matters of law related to the death penalty, including but not limited to bringing and trying capital charges, sentencing proceedings, imposing a death sentence, appeals and habeas review, are not affected by this act.

2.  That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2013.

3. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment.  Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $554,589 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.