Virginia House Bill 933 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Vetoed on March 5 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-07 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto

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. This bill is identical to

Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof.

Del. Clifford Athey [R]	Del. Robert Bell [R]	Sen. Charles Carrico [R]	Del. Benjamin Cline [R]
Del. Mark Cole [R]	Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Del. Todd Gilbert [R]	Del. Sal Iaquinto [R]
Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]	Del. Matthew Lohr [R]	Del. James Massie [R]	Del. Charles Poindexter [R]
Del. Beverly Sherwood [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-07		Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
2008-03-07		Senate: Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (24-Y 16-N)
2008-03-06		House: VOTE: (77-Y 23-N)
2008-03-06		House: Governor's veto overridden (77-Y 23-N)
2008-03-06		House: Motion to reconsider override of Governor's veto agreed to
2008-03-06		House: VOTE: --- OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (76-Y 24-N)
2008-03-06		House: Governor's veto overridden (76-Y 24-N)
2008-03-05		Governor: Vetoed by Governor
2008-03-03		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-29		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-29		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB933ER)
2008-02-29		House: Enrolled
2008-02-27		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (80-Y 16-N)
2008-02-27		House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 081559516-S1 (80-Y 16-N)
2008-02-26		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-25		Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N)
2008-02-25		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB933S1
2008-02-25		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-22		Senate: Passed by for the day
2008-02-21		Senate: Passed by for the day
2008-02-21		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-20		Senate: Passed by for the day
2008-02-20		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-19		Senate: Passed by for the day
2008-02-19		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-18		Senate: Passed by for the day
2008-02-18		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 081559516-S1
2008-02-18		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-18		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-15		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 1-N)
2008-02-14		Senate: Committee substitute printed 081559516-S1
2008-02-13		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
2008-02-11		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-02-11		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-02-08		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-08		House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (77-Y 21-N)
2008-02-08		House: Read third time and passed House (77-Y 21-N)
2008-02-07		House: Engrossed by House
2008-02-07		House: Pending question ordered
2008-02-07		House: Read second time
2008-02-06		House: Read first time
2008-02-04		House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 4-N)
2008-01-16		House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2008-01-08		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-08		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086206516

SB560 (Same As) 2010-03-14 - House: Left in Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB933