Death penalty; abolition of current penalty. (SB1165)
Introduced By
Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon) with support from 17 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Paul Krizek (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Sen. John Bell (D-Chantilly), Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke), Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington), Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian), Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake), Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
☐ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. The bill provides that no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after its effective date for any violation of law. This bill is identical to HB 2263. Read the Bill »
Status
07/25/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Courts of Justice Committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/08/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100656D |
| 01/08/2021 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 01/11/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165) |
| 01/18/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/18/2021 | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/18/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103081D-S1 |
| 01/18/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 01/19/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S1) |
| 01/19/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1165S1) |
| 01/26/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/27/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/28/2021 | Floor substitute printed 21103373D-S2 (Stanley) |
| 01/28/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/28/2021 | Floor substitute printed 21103876D-S3 (Norment) |
| 01/28/2021 | Passed by for the day |
| 01/28/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S3) |
| 01/28/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S2) |
| 01/29/2021 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/01/2021 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/02/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/02/2021 | Floor substitute printed 21103949D-S4 (Surovell) |
| 02/02/2021 | Floor substitute printed 21104328D-S5 (Norment) |
| 02/02/2021 | Substitute bill reprinted 21104328D-S5 |
| 02/02/2021 | Floor substitute printed 21104325D-S6 (Norment) |
| 02/02/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S4) |
| 02/02/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S6) |
| 02/02/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/02/2021 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/02/2021 | Committee substitute rejected 21103081D-S1 |
| 02/02/2021 | Substitute by Senator Stanley rejected 21103373D-S2 (17-Y 22-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2021 | Substitute by Senator Norment withdrawn 21103876D-S3 |
| 02/02/2021 | Substitute by Senator Surovell passed by temporarily |
| 02/02/2021 | Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104325D-S6 (16-Y 23-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2021 | Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104328D-S5 (17-Y 22-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2021 | Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 21103949D-S4 |
| 02/02/2021 | Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1165S4 |
| 02/03/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S5) |
| 02/03/2021 | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/05/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/05/2021 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/08/2021 | Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice |
| 02/17/2021 | Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/22/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/22/2021 | Pending question ordered |
| 02/22/2021 | Passed House (57-Y 43-N) |
| 02/22/2021 | VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N) |
| 02/24/2021 | Enrolled |
| 02/24/2021 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1165ER) |
| 02/24/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1165ER) |
| 02/24/2021 | Signed by President |
| 02/25/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/26/2021 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| 02/26/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/24/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 |
| 03/24/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/24/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345) |
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