Capital murder; includes premeditated killing of justice or judge. (HB1018)
Introduced By
Sen. Robert Hurt (R-Chatham) with support from 19 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal), Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg), Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville), Del. Bill Fralin (R-Roanoke), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville), Del. Sam Nixon (R-Richmond), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Melanie Rapp (R-Yorktown), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Beverly Sherwood (R-Winchester), Del. Terrie Suit (R-Virginia Beach), Del. John Welch (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Capital murder. Provides that the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a justice or judge of any Virginia court, when such killing is for the purpose of interfering with the performance of the judge's official duties or because of the judge's official duties, is capital murder. Read the Bill »
Status
02/22/2006: Failed to Pass in Committee
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2006 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063028160 |
01/11/2006 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/11/2006 | Fiscal impact statement from VCSC (HB1018) |
01/18/2006 | Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law |
02/06/2006 | Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) |
02/06/2006 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/08/2006 | Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood) |
02/10/2006 | Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 4-N) |
02/11/2006 | Read first time |
02/13/2006 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/14/2006 | Read third time and passed House (90-Y 10-N) |
02/14/2006 | VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 10-N) |
02/14/2006 | Communicated to Senate |
02/15/2006 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/15/2006 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/22/2006 | Continued to 2007 in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N) |
02/23/2006 | Letter sent to Crime Commission |