HB1059: Heroin possession; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to evaluate sentencing guidelines.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to direct the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study the sentencing guidelines for heroin possession.
[H 1059]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission (the Commission) under its powers and duties shall evaluate judge-sentencing and jury-sentencing patterns and practices in cases of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute heroin across the Commonwealth and recommend adjustments in the sentencing guidelines previously adopted by the Commission.


HOUSE BILL NO. 1059
FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by Delegate Bell, Robert B.
on February 12, 2016)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Bell, Robert B.)
A BILL to direct the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study the sentencing guidelines for heroin possession.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission (the Commission) under its powers and duties shall evaluate judge-sentencing and jury-sentencing patterns and practices in cases of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute heroin across the Commonwealth and recommend adjustments in the sentencing guidelines previously adopted by the Commission.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1059

Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 13, 2016
A BILL to direct the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study the sentencing guidelines for heroin possession.
Patron-- Bell, Robert B.

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission under its powers and duties shall evaluate judge-sentencing and jury-sentencing patterns and practices in heroin possession cases across the Commonwealth and recommend adjustments in the sentencing guidelines previously adopted by the Commission.