VA SB90 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-15 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Capital murder; punishment. Provides that any person convicted of capital murder involving the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of more than one person as part of the same act or transaction or more than one person within a three-year period, and who was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense, shall be sentenced to no less than a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life.

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Title

Capital murder; punishment.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-01-15SenatePassed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
2020-01-08SenateMoved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2019-11-27SenateReferred to Committee on the Judiciary
2019-11-27SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101278D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
18231(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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