VirginiaRobbery; conforms certain provisions of Code to degrees of robbery offenses.
What it does
Robbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code referencing robbery to the degrees of robbery offenses established by Chapter 534 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. These changes include: (i) limiting to the three higher degrees of robbery certain non-robbery crimes for which committing such crime with the intent to commit a robbery is an element of the offenses, (ii) limiting the types of robbery that are included in the definition of "acts of violence" to the two higher degrees of robbery, (iii) clarifying how robbery offenses will be scored on the sentencing guidelines, (iv) allowing persons convicted of the two lesser degrees of robbery to be eligible for conditional release if they are terminally ill and for enhanced earned sentence credits, (v) allowing persons who are ineligible for parole as a result of being convicted of three of certain enumerated offenses to be eligible for parole if convicted of an offense that would constitute robbery by presenting of firearms, and (vi) limiting the application of the three-strikes law to the two higher degrees of robbery and making persons convicted under the three-strikes law eligible for parole if one of the three convictions resulting in the mandatory life sentence would constitute one of the two lesser degrees of robbery.
More detail
The bill leaves unchanged the current law making all degrees of robbery predicate criminal acts by adding the two lesser degrees of robbery to the definition of "predicate criminal act" and specifying that the two higher degrees of robbery are included in the definition of "act of violence." The bill requires the changes made to the eligibility for conditional release of terminally ill prisoners and enhanced earned sentence credits to apply retroactively if certain criteria are met.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Mar 9Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9Senate committee offered
- Mar 9Referred to Committee on Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Mar 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB244)
- Mar 3Committee substitute printed 26108969D-S1Major
- Mar 2Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded S VOTE:. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB244)
- Feb 4Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 3Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 2committee amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 2Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Read first timeMinor
- Jan 28Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (14-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 23Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 23House subcommittee offered
- Jan 20Assigned HCJ sub: CriminalMinor
- Jan 8Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102503DIntroduced
- Mar 9Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Latest