Virginia House Bill 2039 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; possession of child pornography. Raises the midpoint of the recommended sentencing range for possession of child pornography by (i) 100 percent in cases in which the defendant has no previous conviction of a violent felony offense; (ii) 200 percent in cases in which the defendant has previously been convicted of a violent felony offense punishable by a maximum punishment of less than 40 years; and (iii) 400 percent in cases in which the defendant has previously been convicted of a violent felony offense punishable by a maximum punishment of 40 years or more. The bill also requires a court that imposes a sentence that is less than the midpoint of the sentencing guidelines to review all child pornography possessed by the defendant.

Child pornography; discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints for possession.

Del. Jackson Miller [R]

2017-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (11-Y 0-N)
2017-01-23	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103133D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	1	805.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	298.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2039
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2039+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0801V0105+HB2039