Sex crimes; penalties for offender who is 18 or older for rape, etc. of child under age 13. (HB973)
Introduced By
Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville) with support from co-patrons Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Gordon Helsel (R-Poquoson), Del. Don Merricks (R-Danville), and Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Sex crimes; penalties. Imposes a mandatory minimum life sentence for rape, forcible sodomy, and object sexual penetration of a child under the age of 13.
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2012 | Committee |
| 01/11/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103705D |
| 01/11/2012 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/17/2012 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB973) |
| 02/01/2012 | Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal |
| 02/01/2012 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N) |
| 02/01/2012 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/02/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB973) |
| 02/03/2012 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/03/2012 | Committee substitute printed 12104557D-H1 |
| 02/03/2012 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/06/2012 | Assigned App. sub: Public Safety |
| 02/07/2012 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB973H1) |
| 02/10/2012 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
| 02/10/2012 | Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2012 | Read first time |
| 02/13/2012 | Read second time |
| 02/13/2012 | Committee substitute agreed to 12104557D-H1 |
| 02/13/2012 | Amendments by Delegate Watts rejected (15-Y 70-N) |
| 02/13/2012 | VOTE: REJECTED (15-Y 70-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/13/2012 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB973H1 |
| 02/14/2012 | Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N) |
| 02/14/2012 | VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 11-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/15/2012 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/22/2012 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2012 | Committee substitute printed 12105610D-S1 |
| 02/22/2012 | Rereferred to Finance |
| 02/24/2012 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB973S1) |
| 02/28/2012 | Reported from Finance (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/29/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/01/2012 | Read third time |
| 03/01/2012 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 03/01/2012 | Committee substitute agreed to 12105610D-S1 |
| 03/01/2012 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB973S1 |
| 03/01/2012 | Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/02/2012 | Placed on Calendar |
| 03/05/2012 | Senate substitute rejected by House 12105610D-S1 (9-Y 88-N) |
| 03/05/2012 | VOTE: REJECTED (9-Y 88-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/06/2012 | Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/06/2012 | Senate requested conference committee |
| 03/07/2012 | House acceded to request |
| 03/07/2012 | Conferees appointed by House |
| 03/07/2012 | Delegates: Bell, Robert B., Albo, Spruill |
| 03/08/2012 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 03/08/2012 | Senators: Stuart, Reeves, Garrett |
| 03/10/2012 | Conference report agreed to by House (83-Y 12-N) |
| 03/10/2012 | VOTE: ADOPTION (83-Y 12-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/10/2012 | Conference substitute printed 12105963D-H2 |
| 03/10/2012 | Passed by temporarily |
| 03/10/2012 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/13/2012 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB973H2) |
| 03/15/2012 | Enrolled |
| 03/15/2012 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB973ER) |
| 03/15/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB973ER) |
| 03/15/2012 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/16/2012 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB973ER) |
| 03/17/2012 | Signed by President |
| 04/04/2012 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 605 (effective 7/1/12) |
| 04/04/2012 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 5 minutes.