Virginia House Bill 502 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-08 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Criminal law; redefinition of the triggerman rule. Redefines the "triggerman rule," which currently provides that only the actual perpetrator of a capital murder is eligible for the death penalty and that accessories and principals in the second degree can be punished only as if guilty of first degree murder. This bill allows principals in the second degree and accessories before the fact to be charged as principals in the first degree in the cases of murder for hire, murder involving a continuing criminal enterprise, and terrorism. This bill allows, in all other cases of capital murder, a principal in the second degree to be tried as a principal in the first degree if he had the same intent to kill as the principal in the first degree. The bill allows an accessory before the fact to be tried as a principal in the first degree if he ordered or directed the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing.

Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof.

Del. Clifford Athey [R]	Del. Robert Bell [R]	Sen. Charles Carrico [R]	Del. John Cox [R]
Del. Todd Gilbert [R]	Del. Sal Iaquinto [R]	Del. Sal Iaquinto [R]	Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]
Del. Matthew Lohr [R]	Del. Brenda Pogge [R]

2010-03-08 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (74-Y 24-N) (Y: 76 N: 24 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: --- ENGROSSMENT (73-Y 25-N) (Y: 75 N: 25 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 4-N) (Y: 19 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-08		Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
2010-02-04		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-02-04		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2010-02-03		House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (74-Y 24-N)
2010-02-03		House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N)
2010-02-02		House: VOTE: --- ENGROSSMENT (73-Y 25-N)
2010-02-02		House: Read second time and engrossed (73-Y 25-N)
2010-02-01		House: Passed by for the day
2010-01-29		House: Read first time
2010-01-27		House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 4-N)
2010-01-18		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2010-01-15		House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2010-01-12		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-12		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100529D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	18	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB502
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB502+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H0801V0013+HB0502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H08V0045+HB0502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV0299+HB0502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV0335+HB0502
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+S03V0265+HB0502