Legislation

Title: Criminal Procedure – Plea Agreement Terms and the Violence Prevention Initiative Criteria
Sponsored by: Delegate Metzgar
Status: In the House - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Establishing that, if a court accepts a certain plea agreement with a certain sentence for a defendant charged with committing a crime of violence, the defendant shall serve the sentence imposed without reduction by diminution credits or parole, or otherwise; providing that a court or review panel may not modify a sentence imposed under a plea agreement in accordance with the Act; and providing that the Act only applies to the sentencing of a defendant for a certain crime of violence.

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Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1320 Session: 2011 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2020

Bill imposes a local government mandate which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 10/31/2019 Legislative Date 10/31/2019 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/08/2020 Legislative Date 1/08/2020 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Criminal Procedure – Plea Agreement Terms and the Violence Prevention Initiative Criteria Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/09/2020 Legislative Date 1/09/2020 Action Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/24/2020 Legislative Date 2/24/2020 Action Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	10/31/2019	10/31/2019	Pre-filed
House	1/08/2020	1/08/2020	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Criminal Procedure – Plea Agreement Terms and the Violence Prevention Initiative Criteria
House	1/09/2020	1/09/2020	Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/24/2020	2/24/2020	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

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