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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2331 Mandatory minimum sentences; elimination, modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term.
Introduced by: Michael P. Mullin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Elimination of mandatory minimum sentences; modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term of confinement for felony offenses. Eliminates mandatory minimum sentences of confinement for certain crimes. The bill also provides a petition process for a person who was convicted or adjudicated delinquent of certain felony offenses committed prior to July 1, 2021, sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of confinement for any such felony offense, and remains incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility serving the mandatory minimum term of confinement for any such felony offense to petition the circuit court that entered the original judgment or order to (i) suspend the unserved portion of such mandatory minimum sentence, (ii) place such person on probation for such time as the court shall determine, or (iii) otherwise modify the sentence imposed. The bill provides that such petition shall be filed by July 1, 2024.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103590D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21103590D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200406D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200525D-S2 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/22/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103590D
- 01/22/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (13-Y 7-N)
- 01/29/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/01/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time
- 02/04/21 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/04/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2331E
- 02/04/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21103590D-E
- 02/05/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200406D-S1
- 02/17/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/22/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200525D-S2
- 02/24/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/21 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21200406D-S1
- 02/25/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200525D-S2
- 02/25/21 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/25/21 Senate: Amendment by Senator Morrissey agreed to
- 02/25/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2331S2
- 02/25/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/25/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/25/21 House: Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 21200525D-S2 (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/25/21 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (36-Y 2-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/25/21 House: House acceded to request
- 02/25/21 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/25/21 House: Delegates: Mullin, Delaney, Campbell, J.L.
- 02/25/21 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senators: Edwards, Morrissey, Stanley
- 03/01/21 House: No further action taken
- 03/01/21 House: Failed to pass