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2022 SESSION
SB 252 Mandatory minimum sentences; elimination, modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Elimination of mandatory minimum sentences; modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term of confinement for felony offenses; report. Except for aggravated murder of a law-enforcement officer, eliminates all mandatory minimum sentences of confinement from the Code of Virginia. The bill directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate the feasibility of resentencing persons previously convicted of a felony offense that was punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement and to report its findings by November 1, 2022.
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- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100249D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/17/22 Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (SB104-Morrissey) (15-Y 0-N)