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HB 33 Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes.
Introduced by: Joseph C. Lindsey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes. Provides that a person is eligible to be considered for parole if (i) such person was sentenced by a jury prior to the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 104 (June 9, 2000), in which the Court held that a jury should be instructed on the fact that parole has been abolished, for a felony committed on or after the abolition of parole going into effect (on January 1, 1995); (ii) the person remained incarcerated for the offense on July 1, 2020; and (iii) the offense was not one of the following: (a) a Class 1 felony; (b) if the victim was a minor, rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, or aggravated sexual battery or an attempt to commit such act; or (c) carnal knowledge. The bill also requires the Parole Board to establish procedures for consideration of parole of persons entitled to it and also provides that any person who is eligible for parole as of July 1, 2020, shall be scheduled for a parole interview no later than July 1, 2021, allowing for extension of time for reasonable cause. This bill is identical to SB 793. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 11/19/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100800D pdf | impact statement
- 01/17/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105311D-H1 pdf
- 01/23/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20105311D-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108206D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109642D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB33ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB33ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1200) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments not adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 11/19/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100800D
- 11/19/19 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/17/20 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/17/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105311D-H1
- 01/21/20 House: Read first time
- 01/22/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/23/20 House: Read second time
- 01/23/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20105311D-H1
- 01/23/20 House: Amendments by Delegate Lindsey agreed to
- 01/23/20 House: Delegate Bell's amendments out of order due to adoption of Delegate Lindsey's amendments
- 01/23/20 House: Motion to pass by amendment #2 by Delegate Bell agreed to (54-Y 45-N)
- 01/23/20 House: VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 45-N)
- 01/23/20 House: Motion to pass by amendment #3 by Delegate Bell agreed to (54-Y 45-N)
- 01/23/20 House: VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 45-N)
- 01/23/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments (55-Y 45-N) HB33EH1
- 01/23/20 House: VOTE: Engrossment (55-Y 45-N)
- 01/23/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20105311D-EH1
- 01/24/20 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 45-N)
- 01/24/20 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N)
- 01/27/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/07/20 Senate: Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
- 02/12/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108206D-S1
- 02/14/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108206D-S1
- 02/17/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB33S1
- 02/17/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20108206D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
- 02/19/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
- 02/21/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/25/20 House: House acceded to request
- 02/26/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/26/20 House: Delegates: Lindsey, Hope, Wright
- 02/27/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/27/20 Senate: Senators: McClellan, Stuart, Surovell
- 03/04/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/04/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109642D-H2
- 03/05/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 45-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 45-N)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB33ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (50-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB33ER2)
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1200 (effective 4/22/20)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1200)