VirginiaMisdemeanor; maximum term of confinement.
What it does
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments.
More detail
The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to revise all labels on Sentencing Guidelines worksheets and instructions in the Sentencing Guidelines manual so that any conviction for an offense defined as a Class 1 misdemeanor or any other misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 364 days of incarceration, as provided by the bill, shall be scored as if the maximum penalty were 12 months for the purposes of preparing and using the discretionary sentencing guidelines.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 18Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 28Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Feb 23Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 23Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 10-N)Minor
- Feb 13Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 13Placed on Calendar
- Jan 18Impact statement from DPB (SB332E)
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 18Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)Passed Senate
- Jan 17Printed as engrossed 24101161D-E
- Jan 17Engrossed by Senate as amended SB332E
- Jan 17Amendment by Senator Perry agreed toMajor
- Jan 17Reading of amendment waived
- Jan 17Read second timeMinor
- Jan 17Impact statement from DPB (SB332)
- Jan 16Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 10Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- Jan 9Introduced bill reprinted 24101161D
- Jan 9Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101161DIntroduced