HB933: Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof.

Chief Patron

Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock)
Served: 2006–

Progress

☑	Introduced
☑	Passed Committee
☑	Passed House
☑	Passed Senate
☒	Signed by Governor
☒	Became Law

Status

03/05/2008: vetoed by governor
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01/08/2008 Committee
01/08/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086206516
01/08/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/09/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (HB933)
01/16/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/04/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2008 Read first time
02/07/2008 Read second time
02/07/2008 Pending question ordered
02/07/2008 Engrossed by House
02/08/2008 Read third time and passed House (77-Y 21-N)
02/08/2008 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (77-Y 21-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2008 Communicated to Senate
02/11/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed
02/11/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/13/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2008 Committee substitute printed 081559516-S1
02/14/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (HB933S1)
02/15/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2008 Read third time
02/18/2008 Reading of substitute waived
02/18/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 081559516-S1
02/18/2008 Passed by for the day
02/19/2008 Read third time
02/19/2008 Passed by for the day
02/20/2008 Read third time
02/20/2008 Passed by for the day
02/21/2008 Read third time
02/21/2008 Passed by for the day
02/22/2008 Passed by for the day
02/25/2008 Read third time
02/25/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB933S1
02/25/2008 Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) (see vote tally)
02/26/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/27/2008 Senate substitute agreed to by House 081559516-S1 (80-Y 16-N)
02/27/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (80-Y 16-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2008 Enrolled
02/29/2008 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB933ER)
02/29/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (HB933ER)
02/29/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/03/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB933ER)
03/03/2008 Signed by President
03/05/2008 Governor's recommendation received by House
03/05/2008 G Vetoed by Governor
03/06/2008 Governor's veto overridden (76-Y 24-N)
03/06/2008 VOTE: --- OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (76-Y 24-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2008 Motion to reconsider override of Governor's veto agreed to
03/06/2008 Governor's veto overridden (77-Y 23-N)
03/06/2008 VOTE: (77-Y 23-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2008 Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (24-Y 16-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2008 Senate sustained Governor's veto

Summary

Elimination of the triggerman rule. Eliminates the "triggerman rule," which provides that only the actual perpetrator of a capital murder is eligible for the death penalty and that accessories and principals in the second degree can only be punished with first degree murder.

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