Virginia House Bill 1920 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections. Provides that if a person has been sentenced for a felony to the Department of Corrections (the Department), the court that heard the case, if it appears compatible with the public interest and there are circumstances in mitigation of the offense, may, at any time before the person is transferred to the Department or regardless of whether the person has been transferred to the Department, at any time within 12 months of entry of the sentencing order, suspend or otherwise modify the unserved portion of such a sentence. Additionally, notwithstanding the foregoing, the bill provides that for good cause shown and in the interest of justice the court may, at any time before the sentence has been completely served, suspend the unserved portion of any such sentence, place the person on probation for such time as the court shall determine, or otherwise modify the sentence imposed. Current law allows such suspension or modification of the unserved portion of a sentence only if the person has not yet been transferred to the Department of Corrections.

Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections.

Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]

2021-01-15 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N) (Y: 4 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2021-01-15	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N)
2021-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2021-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101528D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB1920
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1920+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103110A.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H0801V0005+HB1920