VA SB1081 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 14 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-21 - Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 14 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-21 - Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Juvenile offenders; sentencing; geriatric parole. Provides that for any juvenile felony a circuit court may consider a juvenile's diminished culpability and heightened capacity for change in determining the particular sentence to be imposed. The bill allows the Parole Board to consider a petitioner's demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation and the lesser culpability of juvenile offenders in reviewing a petition for geriatric release when submitted by a person serving a sentence imposed on a juvenile for an offense that would be a crime if committed by an adult.
Title
Juvenile offenders; sentencing, geriatric parole.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-01-21 | Senate | Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
2018-12-14 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2018-12-14 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101615D |