Virginia House Bill 1960 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Elimination of mandatory minimum sentences. Eliminates mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes. The bill also 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 bill directs the work group to provide certain recommendations and to collect data relevant to the persons who may be eligible for a resentencing hearing, including the offenses for which such persons were convicted, the sentences that such persons received, and the number of years such persons have served for the offense for which there was a mandatory minimum term of confinement. The bill requires the work group to report such findings to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2023.

Felony offenses; elimination of mandatory minimum sentences.

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100523D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	186.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	255	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	255.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	303.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4212	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	391	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1960
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1960+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0158+HB1960