Heroin; manufacture, selling, etc., mandatory minimum sentence. (HB277)
Introduced By
Del. Jason Miyares (R-Virginia Beach)
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
Manufacture, etc., of heroin; mandatory minimum sentence. Provides for an additional 10-year mandatory minimum sentence to be served consecutively with any other sentence upon a conviction for manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with the intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute heroin. Amends § 18.2-248, of the Code of Virginia. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/01/2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101314D |
| 01/01/2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/09/2016 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB277) |
| 02/01/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB277) |
| 02/16/2016 | Left in Courts of Justice |
Comments
The ACLU of Virginia opposes this bill. Among other things, mandatory minimum sentences: increase the effects of existing racial disparities in the criminal justice system, strip judges of the ability to make the sentence fit the crime, empower prosecutors to push defendants into bargaining away their constitutional rights, and unnecessarily increase the prison population. The ACLU of Virginia opposes legislation that would expand or increase mandatory minimum sentences.