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HB126

Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; status of parole-eligible inmates, report.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Jennifer Carroll Foy (D)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; status of parole-eligible inmates; report.

Directs the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to review the status of all offenders who are housed in state facilities operated by the Department of Corrections and who are subject to consideration for parole. The bill directs the commission to determine the number of such offenders who have already served, or who within the next six years will have served, an amount of time in prison equal to or more than the amount of time for which they would have been sentenced for the same offense under the current sentencing guidelines. The bill requires the Commission to report its findings on or before October 1, 2018, to the Governor, the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Chairman of the Virginia State Crime Commission. The Commission last performed such a review in 2009. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 12/18/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102158D
  • 12/18/2017 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/18/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB126)
  • 02/01/2018 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 02/02/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 2-N)
  • 02/15/2018 - House: Left in Courts of Justice

Full text and vote history:

Virginia Legislative Information System

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