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2015 SESSION
SB 804 Weekend jail time; nonconsecutive days served.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Weekend jail time. Replaces the provision limiting nonconsecutive days for the purpose of allowing the defendant to retain gainful employment with a good cause standard and allows the court to sentence the defendant to nonconsecutive days in jail only if the active portion of the sentence remaining to be served is 120 days or fewer. The bill allows the court to sentence felons to nonconsecutive days in jail if the felony was not an act of violence as defined in § 19.2-297.1.
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HISTORY
- 01/02/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100715D
- 01/02/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/23/15 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/15 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/15 House: Read first time
- 01/30/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/15 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/18/15 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/24/15 House: Left in Courts of Justice