Bill Text: VA HB436 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Juveniles; certain persons imprisoned for life eligible for parole.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB436 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB436-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 436 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 A BILL to amend and reenact §53.1-165.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to parole eligibility for certain offenders convicted of felony offenses committed while juveniles. ---------- Patron-- Tata ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §53.1-165.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§53.1-165.1. Limitation on the application of parole statutes.

A. The provisions of this article, except §§53.1-160 and 53.1-160.1, shall not apply to any sentence imposed or to any prisoner incarcerated upon a conviction for a felony offense committed on or after January 1, 1995. Any person sentenced to a term of incarceration for a felony offense committed on or after January 1, 1995, shall not be eligible for parole upon that offense.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A or any other provisions of this article to the contrary, any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment upon conviction of a felony offense other than an offense set forth in Article 1 (§18.2-30 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 who was a juvenile at the time of the commission of such offense shall be eligible for parole upon that offense.