Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 229 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 22 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-25 - Requires 26 affirmative votes for passage
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; juvenile restitution; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study juvenile restitution, evaluating (i) the frequency of court-ordered juvenile restitution in the Commonwealth; (ii) the average amount of restitution ordered; (iii) the percentage of juveniles who pay court-ordered restitution in full; (iv) the percentage of juveniles penalized for failure to pay restitution; (v) the percentage of victims completely compensated with restitution; and (vi) the demographics of juveniles ordered to pay restitution, including age, race, prior criminal history, and familial socioeconomic status. The bill directs the Commission to provide recommendations to make the juvenile restitution process more rehabilitative from the perspective of the juvenile while ensuring that victims of crime are compensated and to report its findings and recommendations no later than November 30, 2023.

Juvenile restitution; Virginia State Crime Commission to study.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Rejected by Senate (22-Y 17-N) (Y: 22 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-25	Senate	Requires 26 affirmative votes for passage
2023-01-25	Senate	Rejected by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
2023-01-24	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2023-01-23	Senate	Reading waived (38-Y 0-N)
2023-01-20	Senate	Reported from Rules by voice vote
2022-12-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2022-12-22	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103535D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SJ229
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SJ229+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0086SJ0229+SJ0229
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0113SJ0229+SJ0229