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2021 SESSION
SB 1443 Mandatory minimum sentences; elimination, modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Elimination of mandatory minimum sentences; modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term of confinement for felony offenses. Eliminates all mandatory minimum sentences of confinement from the Code of Virginia. The bill directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate the feasibility of resentencing persons previously convicted of a felony offense that was punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement. The work group would report on its findings by November 1, 2021. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
FULL TEXT
- 01/18/21 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21102953D pdf
- 01/25/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103563D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21103563D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/21 Senate: Engrossed bill reprinted 21103563D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/18/21 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21102953D
- 01/18/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/25/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/25/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103563D-S1
- 01/25/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/02/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
- 02/03/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103563D-S1
- 02/04/21 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/04/21 Senate: Amendment by Senator Edwards agreed to
- 02/04/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1443ES1
- 02/04/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21103563D-ES1
- 02/04/21 Senate: Engrossed bill reprinted 21103563D-ES1
- 02/05/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 02/07/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/21 House: Read first time
- 02/07/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote