Bill Text: VA HB1059 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Heroin possession; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to evaluate sentencing guidelines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0398) [HB1059 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1059-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 398 An Act to direct the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study the sentencing guidelines for heroin possession. [H 1059] Approved March 11, 2016

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission (the Commission) under its powers and duties shall evaluate judge-sentencing and jury-sentencing patterns and practices in cases of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute heroin across the Commonwealth and recommend adjustments in the sentencing guidelines previously adopted by the Commission.