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2022 SESSION
HB 1320 Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date.
Introduced by: Les R. Adams | 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 (Commission) 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 SB 423.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104418D pdf | impact statements
- 02/23/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1320ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1320ER2) pdf
- 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/21/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104418D
- 01/21/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/26/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/22 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/22 House: Read first time
- 02/02/22 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/22 House: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/03/22 House: Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 House: VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/16/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/22 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/22 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1320ER)
- 02/23/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- 03/09/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/27/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/27/22 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/27/22 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled
- 04/27/22 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1320ER2)
- 04/27/22 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/27/22 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/27/22 House: Enacted, Chapter 783 (effective 7/1/23)
- 04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0783)