Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes. (HB996)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
✗	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes. Provides that an incarcerated person is eligible for parole if (i) such person was sentenced by a jury prior to the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 104 (June 9, 2000), in which the Court held that a jury should be instructed on the fact that parole has been abolished, for a noncapital felony committed on or after the abolition of parole went into effect (on January 1, 1995) and (ii) the jury was not instructed on the abolition of parole in the Commonwealth. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

Date	Action
01/07/2020	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103367D
01/07/2020	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/21/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB996)
01/31/2020	Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice
12/04/2020	Left in Courts of Justice