Virginia House Bill 871 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Robbery; penalty. Defines "robbery" and creates degrees of punishment corresponding to the severity of a robbery offense. Any person who commits a robbery by causing serious bodily injury is guilty of robbery in the first degree, which is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for a maximum term of life. Any person who commits robbery by displaying a firearm in a threatening manner is guilty of robbery in the second degree, which is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for a maximum term of 20 years. Any person who commits robbery by using physical force not resulting in serious bodily injury, or by displaying a deadly weapon other than a firearm in a threatening manner, is guilty of robbery in the third degree, which is punishable as a Class 5 felony. Any person who commits robbery by using threat or intimidation not involving a deadly weapon is guilty of robbery in the fourth degree, which is punishable as a Class 6 felony. Under current law, any robbery is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for life or any term not less than five years.

Robbery; definition, penalty.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]

Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]

Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-02-05	House	Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-30	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100430D

HB871 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	58	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB871
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB871+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB871F160+PDF