Virginia House Bill 203 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Sentence reduction; substantial assistance to prosecution. Allows a convicted person's sentence to be reduced if such person provides substantial assistance, defined in the bill, in the furtherance of the investigation or prosecution of another person engaged in an act of violence or for offenses involving the manufacture or distribution of controlled substances or marijuana. Sentence reduction can occur only upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth. This bill was incorporated into HB 188.

Sentence reduction; substantial assistance to prosecution.

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-01-19	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB188-Collins) by voice vote
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-12-28	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-12-28	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100458D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	303.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB203
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB203+hil