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2004 SESSION
HB 848 Relief; Ruffin, Julius Earl.
Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Claims; Julius Earl Ruffin. Provides relief for Julius Earl Ruffin who was incarcerated between 1982 and 2003 for a crime that scientific evidence later revealed he did not commit. Governor Warner granted him an absolute pardon on March 19, 2003. Under the bill, the Commonwealth will provide a lump-sum payment to Mr. Ruffin of $325,000 to be paid by August 1, 2004, and an annuity for the primary benefit of Mr. Ruffin providing for equal monthly payments for a period certain of 30 years commencing on September 1, 2004, in the cumulative amount of $900,000. The bill provides that the annuity shall provide that it shall not be sold, discounted, or used as securitization for loans and mortgages, but shall contain beneficiary provisions providing for the annuity's continued disbursement in the event of the death of Mr. Ruffin to his children and his spouse. The bill also provides that Mr. Ruffin shall be entitled, until 2009, to receive career and technical training within the Virginia community college system free of tuition charges, up to a maximum of $10,000. This bill is identical to SB 234.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 042786366 pdf
- 02/14/04 House: Committee substitute printed 042828366-H1 pdf
- 02/16/04 House: Printed as engrossed 042828366-EH1 pdf
- 02/24/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 044950712-S1 pdf
- 03/26/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB848ER) pdf
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0852) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 042786366
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/16/04 House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: 10
- 02/13/04 House: Reported from Appropriations with sub (20-Y 5-N)
- 02/14/04 House: Committee substitute printed 042828366-H1
- 02/14/04 House: Read first time
- 02/16/04 House: Read second time
- 02/16/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 042828366-H1
- 02/16/04 House: Amendment by Del. Alexander agreed to
- 02/16/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute w/amd HB848EH1
- 02/16/04 House: Printed as engrossed 042828366-EH1
- 02/17/04 House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 13-N)
- 02/17/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 13-N)
- 02/17/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/18/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/18/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/24/04 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 044950712-S1
- 02/25/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/26/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 044950712-S1
- 02/26/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB848S1
- 02/26/04 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/01/04 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (15-Y 82-N)
- 03/01/04 House: VOTE: REJECTED (15-Y 82-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/04/04 House: House acceded to request
- 03/05/04 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/04 Senate: Senators: Quayle, Hanger, Lambert
- 03/08/04 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/08/04 House: Delegates: Jones, S.C., Tata, Joannou
- 03/12/04 House: Conference report agreed to by House (83-Y 17-N)
- 03/12/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (83-Y 17-N)
- 03/12/04 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/04 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/26/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB848ER)
- 03/26/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/14/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 852 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0852)