Virginia House Bill 615 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutes second degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not less than five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious act that resulted in the killing of another involved the manufacture, sale, gift, or distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance to another and (i) such other person's death results from his use of the controlled substance and (ii) the controlled substance is the proximate cause of his death. The bill also provides that venue for a prosecution of this crime shall lie in the locality where the underlying felony occurred, where the use of the controlled substance occurred, or where death occurred. This bill serves to overrule the Court of Appeals of Virginia decision in Woodard v. Commonwealth, 61 Va. App. 567, 739 S.E.2d 220 (2013), aff'd, 287 Va. 276, 754 S.E.2d 309 (2014).

Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty.

Del. Robert Bell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-02-05	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2016-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102010D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	33	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB615
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB615+hil