HB2347: Capital murder; includes premeditated killing of witness in criminal case.
Chief Patron
Del.
Todd Gilbert (R-15)
Todd Gilbert
(R-15)
Woodstock, VA
Served: 2006–
Progress
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Status
03/26/2007: vetoed by governor
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- 01/09/2007 Committee
- 01/09/2007 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077761134
- 01/09/2007 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/12/2007 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2347)
- 01/16/2007 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/24/2007 Read first time
- 01/25/2007 Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/2007 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 13-N)
- 01/26/2007 Communicated to Senate
- 01/29/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/2007 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2007 VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/12/2007 Read third time
- 02/12/2007 Reading of amendments waived
- 02/12/2007 Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/12/2007 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/12/2007 Passed Senate with amendments (30-Y 10-N)
- 02/12/2007 VOTE: (30-Y 10-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/13/2007 Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/2007 Senate amendments agreed to by House (87-Y 7-N)
- 02/21/2007 Enrolled
- 02/21/2007 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2347ER)
- 02/21/2007 Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2007 Signed by President
- 02/28/2007 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2347ER)
- 03/14/2007 Impact statement from DPB (HB2347ER)
- 03/26/2007 G Vetoed by Governor
- 04/03/2007 Placed on Calendar
- 04/04/2007 Motion to override Governor's veto agreed to (83-Y 16-N)
- 04/04/2007 VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (83-Y 16-N) (see vote tally)
- 04/04/2007 Passed in enrolled form (29-Y 10-N) (see vote tally)
- 04/04/2007 Governor's veto overridden
- 04/04/2007 Bill became law, Chapter 844 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/11/2007 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0844)
Summary
Capital murder of a witness in a criminal case; penalty.
Provides that the willful, deliberate and premeditated killing of any witness
under subpoena in a criminal case when the killing is for the purpose of
interfering with the person's duties in such case is punishable as capital
murder, a Class 1 felony.
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