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2016 SESSION
HB 1059 Heroin possession; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to evaluate sentencing guidelines.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; heroin. Directs the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to evaluate judge-sentencing and jury-sentencing patterns and practices in cases of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute heroin across the Commonwealth and recommend adjustments in the sentencing guidelines previously adopted by the Commission.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102357D pdf
- 02/12/16 House: Floor substitute printed 16105499D-H1 (Bell, Robert B.) pdf
- 03/10/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1059ER) pdf
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398) pdf
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0398) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102357D
- 01/13/16 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/26/16 House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
- 01/28/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 House: Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/16 House: Floor substitute printed 16105499D-H1 (Bell, Robert B.)
- 02/12/16 House: Read second time
- 02/12/16 House: Substitute by Delegate Bell, Robert B. agreed to 16105499D-H1
- 02/12/16 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1059H1
- 02/15/16 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/04/16 Senate: Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/08/16 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/10/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1059ER)
- 03/10/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/11/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0398)