Virginia Senate Bill 326 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 11 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction; recommendation of leniency. Provides that a jury may, in ascertaining the punishment for a person convicted of a felony or Class 1 misdemeanor, recommend that the sentence imposed be suspended in whole or in part, or that sentences imposed for multiple offenses be served concurrently, except where such suspension of sentence or concurrent service is prohibited by law. The bill prohibits the trial court from imposing an active term of incarceration in excess of the active term of incarceration recommended by the jury. Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction; recommendation of leniency. Provides that a jury may, in ascertaining the punishment for a person convicted of a felony or Class 1 misdemeanor, recommend that the sentence imposed be suspended in whole or in part, or that sentences imposed for multiple offenses be served concurrently, except where such suspension of sentence or concurrent service is prohibited by law. The bill prohibits the trial court from imposing an active term of incarceration in excess of the active term of incarceration recommended by the jury.

Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction; recommendation of leniency.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendment (10-Y 3-N) (Y: 10 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-02-24	House	Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-02-19	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-02-18	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20102165D-E
2020-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB326E
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-05	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with amendment (10-Y 3-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102165D

SB326 (Carry Over) 2020-02-24 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	295.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB326
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB326+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB326E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+SB326AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB326F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB326FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S03C0252+SB0326
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S05C0225+SB0326
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SC0457SB0326+SB0326
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SC0528SB0326+SB0326
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SC0543SB0326+SB0326