Felony, violent; presumption of no bail upon conviction. (HB996)
Introduced By
Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville) with support from 14 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Don Merricks (R-Danville), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Beverly Sherwood (R-Winchester), Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Presumption of no bail upon conviction of a violent felony. Provides that when a judicial officer considers bail, he shall presume, subject to rebuttal, that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the appearance of the person or the safety of the public if the person has been convicted of, but not sentenced for, any crime for which bail is presumed unavailable at charge, a violent felony as defined in 17.1-805, or an attempt to commit any such offense. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2008 | Committee |
01/08/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080312432 |
01/08/2008 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/16/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
02/04/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2008 | Read first time |
02/07/2008 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/08/2008 | Read third time and passed House (91-Y 8-N) |
02/08/2008 | VOTE: --- PASSAGE (91-Y 8-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 |
02/12/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
02/14/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB996) |
02/28/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) |
02/28/2008 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/29/2008 | Committee substitute printed 080898432-S1 |
03/03/2008 | Continued to 2009 in Finance (16-Y 0-N) |