Virginia Senate Bill 66 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-01 - Continued to 2017 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; accommodation; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutes second degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not less than five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious act that resulted in the killing of another involved the manufacture, sale, gift, or distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance to another and (i) such other person's death results from his use of the controlled substance and (ii) the controlled substance is the proximate cause of his death. The bill also provides that venue for a prosecution of this crime shall lie in the locality where the underlying felony occurred, where the use of the controlled substance occurred, or where death occurred. There is an accommodation provision and an affirmative defense if the person giving or distributing the drugs did so as an accommodation, stayed with the person overdosing, seeks medical help, identifies himself to law enforcement, and cooperates in the criminal investigation. This bill serves to overrule the Court of Appeals of Virginia decision in Woodard v. Commonwealth, 61 Va. App. 567, 739 S.E.2d 220 (2013), aff'd, 287 Va. 276, 754 S.E.2d 309 (2014).

Felony homicide; certain drug offenses, accommodation, penalty.

Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2017 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-01	Senate	Continued to 2017 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2015-12-21	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-12-21	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101132D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	33.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB66
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB66+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0141+SB0066