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2004 SESSION
SB 234 Claims; Julius Earl Ruffin.
Introduced by: Benjamin J. Lambert III | 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 HB 848.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 042769748 pdf
- 02/06/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 042769748-E pdf
- 03/02/04 House: Committee substitute printed 042839748-H1 pdf
- 03/24/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB234ER) pdf
- 04/22/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0880) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 042769748
- 01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/04/04 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/04 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/06/04 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/06/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB234E
- 02/06/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 042769748-E
- 02/09/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/04 House: Read first time
- 02/11/04 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/04 House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: 10
- 02/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/01/04 House: Reported from Appropriations with sub (19-Y 6-N)
- 03/02/04 House: Committee substitute printed 042839748-H1
- 03/03/04 House: Read second time
- 03/04/04 House: Read third time
- 03/04/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 042839748-H1
- 03/04/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB234H1
- 03/04/04 House: Passed House with substitute (85-Y 13-N)
- 03/04/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 13-N)
- 03/08/04 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (3-Y 35-N)
- 03/08/04 Senate: VOTE: REJECT HOUSE AMENDMENT (3-Y 35-N)
- 03/09/04 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/09/04 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/10/04 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: VOTE: ACCEDE CONF. COMM. (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/04 Senate: Senators: Quayle, Hanger, Lambert
- 03/11/04 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/11/04 House: Delegates: Jones, S.C., Tata, Joannou
- 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)
- 03/12/04 House: Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 17-N)
- 03/12/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (81-Y 17-N)
- 03/24/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB234ER)
- 03/24/04 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/15/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 880 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/22/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0880)