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2022 SESSION
SB 423 Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses. Clarifies the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission's authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data. The bill also requires the Commission to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia by October 1, 2022, documenting the impact on sentencing guideline midpoints for each offense if the Commission were to recommend changes to the midpoints based on analysis of historical sentencing data. The provisions of the first enactment of the bill clarifying the Commission's authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1320.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100694D pdf | impact statements
- 02/28/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB423ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/27/22 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB423ER2) pdf
- 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100694D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/24/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/22 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/22 House: Read first time
- 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/21/22 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/22 House: Read second time
- 02/24/22 House: Read third time
- 02/24/22 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB423ER)
- 02/28/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 03/11/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/27/22 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/27/22 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/27/22 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB423ER2)
- 04/27/22 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/27/22 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/27/22 House: Enacted, Chapter 723 (effective 7/1/23)
- 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)