Virginia House Bill 834 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Petition for modification of a sentence; eligibility; procedures. Provides a process for a person serving a sentence for any conviction or a combination of any convictions who remains incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility or secure facility and meets certain criteria to petition the circuit court that entered the original judgment or order to (i) suspend the unserved portion of such sentence or run the unserved portion of such sentence concurrently with another sentence, (ii) place such person on probation for such time as the court shall determine, or (iii) otherwise modify the sentence imposed.

Petition for modification of sentence; eligibility, procedures.

Del. Rae Cousins [D]

Del. Nadarius Clark [D]

Del. Rozia Henson [D]

2024-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Appropriations
2024-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-02-07	House	Committee substitute printed 24107224D-H1
2024-02-07	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2024-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
2024-01-30	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102929D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	303.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB834
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB834+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB834H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106697D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/24106697D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24107224D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB834F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0801V0078+HB0834
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H08V0127+HB0834