VA SB93 | 2018 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-19 - Continued to 2019 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Eligibility for parole; at liberty between offenses. Provides that a person convicted of three separate felony offenses of murder, rape, or robbery by the presenting of firearms or other deadly weapon, or any combination of such offenses, shall be eligible for parole unless that person was at liberty between the three convictions and used a weapon during the commission of each offense. Under current law, such a person convicted of three separate felony offenses is ineligible for parole regardless of liberty status between offenses and the use of a weapon during the commission of each offense.

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Title

Parole, eligibility for; at liberty between offenses.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2018-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2018-01-19SenateContinued to 2019 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
2017-12-11SenateReferred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2017-12-11SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101352D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
531151(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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