Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 39 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; effect of abolishing jury sentencing on the justice system; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to (i) identify the most common charges tried before juries within the Commonwealth and determine the average sentence per charge as recommended by a jury; (ii) compare the jury-recommended sentence to the average sentence for each identified charge, factoring in alternative sentences and suspended time, as determined by a judge during a bench trial; (iii) identify any perceived negative impacts to the judicial system associated with abolishing the practice of jury sentencing and make recommendations as to how these potential negative impacts could be avoided; and (iv) determine the feasibility of abolishing jury sentencing for noncapital offenses within the Commonwealth.

Justice system; Virginia State Crime Commission to study effect of abolishing jury sentencing.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2020-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Rules
2020-02-27	House	Continued to 2021 in Rules by voice vote
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-06	Senate	Read third time and agreed to by Senate by voice vote
2020-02-05	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-04	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-03	Senate	Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	Senate	Reported from Rules by voice vote
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104551D

SJR39 (Carry Over) 2020-02-27 - Continued to 2021 in Rules by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SJ39
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SJ39+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SC0289SJ0039+SJ0039