Virginia Senate Bill 1443 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Elimination of mandatory minimum sentences; modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term of confinement for felony offenses. Eliminates all mandatory minimum sentences of confinement from the Code of Virginia. The bill directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate the feasibility of resentencing persons previously convicted of a felony offense that was punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement. The work group would report on its findings by November 1, 2021. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. Elimination of mandatory minimum sentences; modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term of confinement for felony offenses. Eliminates all mandatory minimum sentences of confinement from the Code of Virginia. The bill directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate the feasibility of resentencing persons previously convicted of a felony offense that was punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement. The work group would report on its findings by November 1, 2021. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

Mandatory minimum sentences; elimination, modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) (Y: 11 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2021-02-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-02-07	House	Read first time
2021-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-05	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2021-02-04	Senate	Printed as engrossed 21103563D-ES1
2021-02-04	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1443ES1
2021-02-04	Senate	Amendment by Senator Edwards agreed to
2021-02-04	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103563D-S1
2021-02-04	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-04	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2021-02-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
2021-01-25	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103563D-S1
2021-01-25	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2021-01-18	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 21102953D

SB1443 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	253.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	12.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	154	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	186.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	255	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	255.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	270	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	31	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	36.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	36.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	374.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	374.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	374.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	46.3:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	51.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	53.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	57	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	60.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	61	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	67.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	67.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	67.5:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	67.5:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	297.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	303.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4212	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.28	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	357	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	391	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	865.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1443
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1443+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1443S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1443ES1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103563D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+SB1443AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1443FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1443FES1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S03V0067+SB1443
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S05V0098+SB1443
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0288SB1443+SB1443
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0374SB1443+SB1443