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2024 SESSION

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SB 332 Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement.

Introduced by: Saddam Azlan Salim | Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to revise all labels on Sentencing Guidelines worksheets and instructions in the Sentencing Guidelines manual so that any conviction for an offense defined as a Class 1 misdemeanor or any other misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 364 days of incarceration, as provided by the bill, shall be scored as if the maximum penalty were 12 months for the purposes of preparing and using the discretionary sentencing guidelines.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101161D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/09/24  Senate: Introduced bill reprinted 24101161D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/17/24  Senate: Printed as engrossed 24101161D-E  pdf | impact statement

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HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101161D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/09/24  Senate: Introduced bill reprinted 24101161D
• 01/10/24  Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 01/15/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
• 01/16/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/17/24  Senate: Read second time
• 01/17/24  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 01/17/24  Senate: Amendment by Senator Perry agreed to
• 01/17/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB332E
• 01/17/24  Senate: Printed as engrossed 24101161D-E
• 01/18/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 02/13/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/24  House: Read first time
• 02/13/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/23/24  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 10-N)
• 02/23/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/28/24  House: Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote