Grand larceny and certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc. (SB23)

Introduced By

Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) with support from co-patron Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke)

Progress

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

Description

Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $200 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
12/10/2015Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100299D
12/10/2015Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/20/2016Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
01/20/2016Committee substitute printed 16104569D-S1
01/20/2016Incorporates SB177
01/20/2016Incorporates SB226
01/20/2016Incorporates SB235
01/21/2016Incorporates SB177
01/21/2016Incorporates SB226
01/21/2016Incorporates SB235
01/25/2016Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/26/2016Read second time
01/26/2016Reading of substitute waived
01/26/2016Committee substitute agreed to 16104569D-S1
01/26/2016Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB23S1
01/27/2016Passed by for the day
01/28/2016Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2016Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2016Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2016Placed on Calendar
02/03/2016Read first time
02/03/2016Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/15/2016Impact statement from DPB (SB23S1)
02/16/2016Assigned App. sub: Criminal Law
02/16/2016Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
02/22/2016Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
03/08/2016Left in Courts of Justice

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB396.

Comments

ACLU-VA Criminal Justice, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

The ACLU of Virginia supports raising the larceny threshold, but this bill does not go far enough. Since 1980, when the threshold was raised from $100 to $200, theft of property valued at $200 or more has been grand larceny, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. This is the lowest larceny threshold in the United States. If the 1980 threshold were adjusted for inflation, it would be approximately $575 today. Virginia's low larceny threshold results in unnecessary felony convictions. The ACLU of Virginia supports legislation to raise the larceny threshold. Though an increase to $500 is an improvement, it does not even get Virginia back to 1980 levels. The ACLU of Virginia strongly supports an increase in the larceny threshold to $1500.

KAB writes:

This will not be a high enough threshhold.

ACLU-VA Criminal Justice writes:

Since 1980, when the threshold was raised from $100 to $200, theft of property valued at $200 or more has been grand larceny, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. This is the lowest larceny threshold in the United States. If the 1980 threshold were adjusted for inflation, it would be approximately $575 today. Virginia's low larceny threshold results in unnecessary felony convictions. The ACLU of Virginia supports legislation to raise the larceny threshold. Though an increase to $500 is an improvement, it does not even get Virginia back to 1980 levels. The ACLU of Virginia strongly supports an increase in the larceny threshold to $1500.

ACLU-VA Legislative Agenda, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

The ACLU of Virginia supports raising the larceny threshold, but this bill does not go far enough. Since 1980, when the threshold was raised from $100 to $200, theft of property valued at $200 or more has been grand larceny, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. This is the lowest larceny threshold in the United States. If the 1980 threshold were adjusted for inflation, it would be approximately $575 today. Virginia's low larceny threshold results in unnecessary felony convictions. The ACLU of Virginia supports legislation to raise the larceny threshold. Though an increase to $500 is an improvement, it does not even get Virginia back to 1980 levels. The ACLU of Virginia strongly supports an increase in the larceny threshold to $1500.