Virginia House Bill 996 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-31 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes. Provides that an incarcerated person is eligible for parole if (i) such person was sentenced by a jury prior to the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 104 (June 9, 2000), in which the Court held that a jury should be instructed on the fact that parole has been abolished, for a noncapital felony committed on or after the abolition of parole went into effect (on January 1, 1995) and (ii) the jury was not instructed on the abolition of parole in the Commonwealth.

Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes.

Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-31	House	Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103367D

HB996 (Carry Over) 2020-01-31 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	165.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB996
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB996+hil