Virginia Senate Bill 122 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 30 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-01-20 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Juvenile offenders; sentences. Provides that the punishment is a Class 2 felony (20 years to life) for persons convicted of a crime committed when a juvenile for which the only available punishment is a life sentence. The bill also provides that a juvenile cannot commit capital murder. This bill is in response to Miller v. Alabama (567 U.S.___, 2012) where the United States Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits a sentencing scheme that requires life in prison without the possibility of parole for juvenile homicide offenders.

Juvenile offenders; offenses and punishment.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

2014-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-20	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)
2013-12-30	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-12-30	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103084D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	31	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	67.5:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	297.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB122
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB122+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S03V0053+SB0122