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2016 SESSION

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SB 216 Parole; limitation on the application of parole statutes.

Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Parole; limitation on the application of parole statutes; exception. Provides that an incarcerated person who was sentenced by a jury prior to June 9, 2000 for a felony that is not a violent offense is eligible for parole if the offense was committed on or after January 1, 1995 and prior to June 9, 2000 and the jury was not instructed on the abolition of parole.  June 9, 2000 is the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 104, in which the Court held that a jury should be instructed on the fact that parole has been abolished.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103117D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/10/16  Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105442D-S1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/05/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103117D
• 01/05/16  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 01/21/16  Senate: Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/16  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 02/08/16  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/08/16  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/10/16  Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
• 02/10/16  Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105442D-S1
• 02/11/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/16  Senate: Read second time
• 02/12/16  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/12/16  Senate: Committee amendment rejected
• 02/12/16  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/12/16  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105442D-S1
• 02/12/16  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB216S1
• 02/12/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/16  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 02/12/16  Senate: Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
• 02/17/16  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/17/16  House: Read first time
• 02/17/16  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/17/16  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 02/22/16  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 03/08/16  House: Left in Courts of Justice