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

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
✓	Signed by Governor
☐	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)