VA HB1179 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; firearm-related offense; felony conviction while a prisoner. Removes any person convicted of a felony offense involving a firearm from eligibility for enhanced earned sentence credits and restricts any person convicted of a felony for an offense that occurred while a prisoner in a local, state, or community correctional facility from receiving any further earned sentence credits.

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Title

Enhanced earned sentence credits; eligibility of person convicted of firearm-related offense.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-13HouseLeft in Courts of Justice
2024-01-10HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-10HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101167D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
531202.3(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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