Legislation

Title: Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform
Sponsored by: Delegates Queen, Anderson, Branch, Conaway, Glenn, Luedtke, Moon, Oaks, Proctor, Sanchez, Sydnor, and West
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Repealing specified provisions that provide that inmates serving a term of life imprisonment may be paroled only with the Governor's approval, subject to specified provisions, requiring specified parole decisions to be transmitted to the Governor under specified circumstances, authorizing the Governor to disapprove specified parole decisions in a specified manner, providing that if the Governor does not disapprove a specified parole decision in a specified manner within a specified time period, the decision becomes effective; etc.

Committees

Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Judicial Proceedings

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0694

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0882 Session: 2016 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2017

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/02/2017 Legislative Date 2/02/2017 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/02/2017 Legislative Date 2/02/2017 Action Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/06/2017 Legislative Date 3/06/2017 Action Favorable Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/07/2017 Legislative Date 3/07/2017 Action Favorable Adopted Proceedings 40 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/07/2017 Legislative Date 3/07/2017 Action Motion Special Order until 3/08 (Delegate Shoemaker) Adopted Proceedings 40 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/08/2017 Legislative Date 3/08/2017 Action Floor Amendment {683424/1 (Delegate Shoemaker) Rejected (48-86) Proceedings 41 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/08/2017 Legislative Date 3/08/2017 Action Second Reading Passed Proceedings 41 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2017 Legislative Date 3/10/2017 Action Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Vogt) Adopted Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2017 Legislative Date 3/10/2017 Action Third Reading Passed (79-55) Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/13/2017 Legislative Date 3/13/2017 Action Referred Judicial Proceedings Proceedings 42 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/02/2017	2/02/2017	First Reading Judiciary
House	2/02/2017	2/02/2017	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
			Text - First - Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/06/2017	3/06/2017	Favorable Report by Judiciary
House	3/07/2017	3/07/2017	Favorable Adopted	40 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/07/2017	3/07/2017	Motion Special Order until 3/08 (Delegate Shoemaker) Adopted	40 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/08/2017	3/08/2017	Floor Amendment {683424/1 (Delegate Shoemaker) Rejected (48-86)	41 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/08/2017	3/08/2017	Second Reading Passed	41 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Reform
House	3/10/2017	3/10/2017	Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Vogt) Adopted	43 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/10/2017	3/10/2017	Third Reading Passed (79-55)	43 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/13/2017	3/13/2017	Referred Judicial Proceedings	42 Click to view Recorded Media

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