VA HB345 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Robbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code 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 certain non-robbery crimes for which committing such crime with the intent to commit a robbery is an element to the offenses to the two higher degrees of robbery, (ii) 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, (iii) 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 any of the three lesser degrees of robbery, (iv) 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, and (v) specifying that persons convicted of either of the two higher degrees of robbery while on administrative furlough or released for work release are ineligible for further furlough or work release and that persons convicted of such offenses are ineligible for home/electronic incarceration. 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 adding the two higher degrees of robbery to the definition of "act of violence."

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Title

Robbery; conforms certain provisions of the Code of Virginia to the degrees of robbery offenses.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2022-02-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-02-15HouseLeft in Courts of Justice
2022-02-09HouseSubcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2022-02-07HouseAssigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-11HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-11HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102433D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
161309.1(n/a)See Bill Text
18246.1(n/a)See Bill Text
18250.3(n/a)See Bill Text
18290(n/a)See Bill Text
192297.1(n/a)See Bill Text
531131.2(n/a)See Bill Text
531151(n/a)See Bill Text
531165.1(n/a)See Bill Text
531202.3(n/a)See Bill Text
53138(n/a)See Bill Text
53140.02(n/a)See Bill Text
53162(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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