VA SB395 | 2008 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-05 - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (10-Y 28-N)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-05 - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (10-Y 28-N)
Summary
Death sentence; execution dates. Removes some of the circumstances in which circuit courts are required to set execution dates before state and federal review of an inmate's death sentence is complete. The Federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 has revised the remedies available to the convicted person and imposes a one-year statute of limitations for filing petitions for federal review of state convictions and sentences.
Title
Death sentence; execution dates
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-02-05 | Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (10-Y 28-N) | |
| 2008-02-04 | Senate: Read second time and engrossed | |
| 2008-02-01 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | |
| 2008-01-30 | Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 5-N) | |
| 2008-01-10 | Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal | |
| 2008-01-08 | Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | |
| 2008-01-08 | Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081523228 |
Subjects
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB395 |
