Virginia House Bill 744 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sentencing of juvenile tried as adult. Provides that a court, in the case of a juvenile tried as an adult and convicted of a felony, may depart from any mandatory minimum sentence required by law and suspend any portion of an otherwise applicable sentence. The bill also requires the court, when sentencing a juvenile as an adult, to consider the juvenile's exposure to adverse childhood experiences, early childhood trauma, or any child welfare agency and the differences between juvenile and adult offenders.

Juvenile; sentencing when tried as an adult.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) (Y: 30 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (71-Y 27-N) (Y: 71 N: 27 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 4-N) (Y: 15 N: 4 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N) (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)
2020-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-05	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB744ER)
2020-03-04	House	Enrolled
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-17	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N)
2020-02-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-31	House	VOTE: Passage (71-Y 27-N)
2020-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House (71-Y 27-N)
2020-01-30	House	Printed as engrossed 20104812D-E
2020-01-30	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB744E
2020-01-30	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-30	House	Read second time
2020-01-29	House	Read first time
2020-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 4-N)
2020-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
2020-01-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104812D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	272	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB744
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB744+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB744E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB744ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0396+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0039+HB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0078+HB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0254+HB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0351+HB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0426+HB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0744+HB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1190HB0744+HB0744