Home/electronic incarceration; sentencing guidelines. (SB1540)

Introduced By

Sen. Ken Stolle (R-Virginia Beach) with support from 6 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston), Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth), Sen. Henry Marsh (D-Richmond), Sen. Fred Quayle (R-Suffolk), Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville), Sen. Walter Stosch (R-Glen Allen)

Progress

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

Description

Home/electronic incarceration; risk assessment. Provides that the risk assessment instrument developed by the Sentencing Commission shall be used to recommend sentencing alternatives for nonviolent offenders, with consideration being given to home/electronic incarceration for low-risk offenders meeting certain criteria. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/23/2009Presented and ordered printed 091537328
01/23/2009Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/27/2009Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/04/2009Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2009Rereferred to Finance
02/05/2009Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2009Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2009Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
02/10/2009Recommitted to Finance
02/11/2009Left in Finance

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 30 seconds.