Virginia House Bill 104 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Petition for writ of actual innocence. Provides that a person may petition for a writ of actual innocence based on biological evidence regardless of the type of plea he entered at trial. Under current law, a person may petition for a writ based on biological evidence if he (i) entered a plea of not guilty, (ii) is convicted of murder, or (iii) is convicted of a felony for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for life. The bill also clarifies that the Attorney General may join a petition for a writ of actual innocence filed in connection with an adjudication of delinquency.

Writ of actual innocence; a person may petition based on biological evidence regardless of plea.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

2018-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 2-N)
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-12-13	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-12-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103265D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	327.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	327.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	327.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB104
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB104+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0801V0153+HB0104