Death penalty; restricted for those 18 yrs. or older at time of offense. (HB45)
Introduced By
Del. Vince Callahan (R-McLean) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Ken Melvin (D-Portsmouth), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston), Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg), Sen. Ken Stolle (R-Virginia Beach)
Progress
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Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Elimination of capital punishment for minors; penalty. Restricts the death penalty to those who are 18 years of age or older at the time of the capital offense. Currently, the age requirement to receive the death penalty is 16 years of age or older at the time of the offense. This change is being made in response to the case of Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), decided March 1, 2005, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid the execution of offenders who were under the age of 18 at the time of the crime. This bill is identical to SB 362. Read the Bill »
Status
03/06/2006: signed by governor
History
Date | Action |
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12/12/2005 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063408260 |
12/12/2005 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
12/12/2005 | Fiscal impact statement from VCSC (HB45) |
01/18/2006 | Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law |
01/30/2006 | Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N) |
02/01/2006 | Read first time |
02/02/2006 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/03/2006 | Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N) |
02/03/2006 | VOTE: PASSAGE (63-Y 34-N) |
02/03/2006 | Communicated to Senate |
02/06/2006 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/06/2006 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/15/2006 | Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N) |
02/17/2006 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
02/17/2006 | VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) |
02/20/2006 | Read third time |
02/20/2006 | Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) |
02/20/2006 | VOTE: (36-Y 4-N) |
02/22/2006 | Fiscal impact statement from VCSC (HB45ER) |
02/22/2006 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB45ER) |
02/22/2006 | Enrolled |
02/23/2006 | Signed by Speaker |
02/23/2006 | Signed by President |
03/06/2006 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (effective 7/1/06) |
03/27/2006 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036) |