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SB1165

Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.

Status:
Passed

Chief Patron:
Scott Surovell (D)

Session:
2021 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Abolition of the death penalty.

Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. The bill provides that no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after its effective date for any violation of law. This bill is identical to HB 2263.

  • Bill History

  • 01/08/2021 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100656D
  • 01/08/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
  • 01/11/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165)
  • 01/18/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/18/2021 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
  • 01/18/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103081D-S1
  • 01/18/2021 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
  • 01/19/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S1)
  • 01/19/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1165S1)
  • 01/26/2021 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
  • 01/27/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 01/28/2021 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103373D-S2 (Stanley)
  • 01/28/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/28/2021 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103876D-S3 (Norment)
  • 01/28/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/28/2021 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 01/28/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S3)
  • 01/28/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S2)
  • 01/29/2021 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/01/2021 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 21103949D-S4 (Surovell)
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104328D-S5 (Norment)
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 21104328D-S5
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 21104325D-S6 (Norment)
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S4)
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S6)
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21103081D-S1
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Stanley rejected 21103373D-S2 (17-Y 22-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment withdrawn 21103876D-S3
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell passed by temporarily
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104325D-S6 (16-Y 23-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104328D-S5 (17-Y 22-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 21103949D-S4
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1165S4
  • 02/03/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S5)
  • 02/03/2021 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/05/2021 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/05/2021 - House: Read first time
  • 02/05/2021 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 02/08/2021 - House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
  • 02/17/2021 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)
  • 02/19/2021 - House: Read second time
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Read third time
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Pending question ordered
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Passed House (57-Y 43-N)
  • 02/22/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/24/2021 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 02/24/2021 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1165ER)
  • 02/24/2021 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1165ER)
  • 02/24/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/25/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/26/2021 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
  • 02/26/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 03/24/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/21)
  • 03/24/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)

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