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2024 SESSION
HB 77 Robbery; conforms certain provisions of the Code of VA to the degrees of robbery offenses, etc.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Robbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code referencing robbery to the degrees of robbery offenses established by Chapter 534 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. These changes include: (i) limiting to the three higher degrees of robbery certain non-robbery crimes for which committing such crime with the intent to commit a robbery is an element of the offenses, (ii) limiting the types of robbery that are included in the definition of "acts of violence" to the two higher degrees of robbery, (iii) clarifying how robbery offenses will be scored on the sentencing guidelines, (iv) allowing persons convicted of the two lesser degrees of robbery to be eligible for conditional release if they are terminally ill and for the enhanced earned sentence credits, (v) allowing persons who are ineligible for parole as a result of being convicted of three certain enumerated offenses to be eligible for parole if convicted of an offense that would constitute robbery by presenting of firearms, and (vi) limiting the application of the three-strikes law to the two higher degrees of robbery and making persons convicted under the three-strikes law eligible for parole if one of the three convictions resulting in the mandatory life sentence would constitute one of the two lesser degrees of robbery. The bill leaves unchanged the current law making all degrees of robbery predicate criminal acts by adding the two lesser degrees of robbery to the definition of "predicate criminal act" and specifying the two higher degrees of robbery are included in the definition of "act of violence." The bill requires the changes made to the eligibility for conditional release of terminally ill prisoners and enhanced earned sentence credits apply retroactively if certain criteria are met.
FULL TEXT
- 12/26/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101214D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Printed as engrossed 24101214D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108326D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB77ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 12/26/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101214D
- 12/26/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/31/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time
- 02/07/24 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB77E
- 02/07/24 House: Printed as engrossed 24101214D-E
- 02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N)
- 02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/26/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108326D-S1
- 02/27/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/28/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108326D-S1
- 02/28/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB77S1
- 02/28/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N)
- 03/01/24 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 24108326D-S1 (47-Y 50-N)
- 03/01/24 House: VOTE: REJECTED (47-Y 50-N)
- 03/01/24 House: Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
- 03/01/24 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108326D-S1 (49-Y 46-N)
- 03/01/24 House: VOTE: Adoption #2 (49-Y 46-N)
- 03/07/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB77ER)
- 03/07/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/20/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto