Homicides and assaults and bodily woundings; certain matters not to constitute defenses. (HB2132)
Introduced By
Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas Park) with support from 27 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Lee Carter (D-Manassas), Del. Josh Cole (D-Stafford), Del. Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Sally Hudson (D-Charlottesville), Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Paul Krizek (D-Alexandria), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Martha Mugler (D-Hampton, Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Sterling), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond)
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
Homicides and assaults and bodily woundings; certain matters not to constitute defenses. Provides that another person's actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation is not in and of itself, or together with an oral solicitation, a defense to any charge of capital murder, murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, voluntary manslaughter, or assault and bodily wounding-related crimes and is not provocation negating or excluding malice as an element of murder. Read the Bill »
Status
03/31/2021: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/12/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102483D |
| 01/12/2021 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/13/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2132) |
| 01/18/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2132) |
| 01/28/2021 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
| 01/29/2021 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/29/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) |
| 02/03/2021 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/03/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21104105D-H1 |
| 02/03/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2132H1) |
| 02/03/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/04/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/04/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21104105D-H1 |
| 02/04/2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2132H1 |
| 02/05/2021 | Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N) |
| 02/05/2021 | VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/05/2021 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2132H1) |
| 02/15/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/17/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/17/2021 | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21200404D-S1 |
| 02/17/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/18/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2132S1) |
| 02/19/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2132S1) |
| 02/22/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) |
| 02/24/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/25/2021 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/25/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21200404D-S1 |
| 02/25/2021 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2132S1 |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 15-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/25/2021 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200404D-S1 (58-Y 39-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 39-N) |
| 03/09/2021 | Enrolled |
| 03/09/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2132ER) |
| 03/09/2021 | Signed by President |
| 03/11/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/15/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021 |
| 03/15/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/16/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2132ER) |
| 03/31/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/31/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460) |