Virginia Senate Bill 5007 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Passed on November 5 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-11-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Criminal cases; sentencing reform. Provides that in a criminal case the court shall ascertain the extent of the punishment unless the accused has requested that the jury ascertain punishment or was found guilty of capital murder. The bill also provides that if a jury cannot agree on a punishment, the court shall fix punishment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.

Criminal cases; sentencing reform, procedure for trial by jury, etc.

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]
Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2020-10-16 - House - House: VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 43-N) (Y: 55 N: 43 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-10-07 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (23-Y 12-N) (Y: 23 N: 12 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-10-07 - Senate - Senate: House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (13-Y 23-N) (Y: 13 N: 23 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-10-07 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-10-07 - Senate - Senate: House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 33-N) (Y: 3 N: 33 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-10-02 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) (Y: 57 N: 42 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-25 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-22 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N) (Y: 11 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-08-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)
2020-11-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/21)
2020-10-30		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., November 6, 2020
2020-10-30	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 30, 2020
2020-10-30	Senate	Signed by President
2020-10-28	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-10-28	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5007ER)
2020-10-28	Senate	Enrolled
2020-10-16	House	VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 43-N)
2020-10-16	House	Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 43-N)
2020-10-16	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N)
2020-10-14	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-10-14	Senate	Conference substitute printed 20201357D-S3
2020-10-14		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-10-07	House	Delegates: Herring, Scott, Coyner
2020-10-07	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-10-07	Senate	Senators: Morrissey, Edwards, Stanley
2020-10-07	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-10-07	Senate	Senate acceded to request (23-Y 12-N)
2020-10-07	House	House requested conference committee
2020-10-07	House	House insisted on substitute with amendment
2020-10-07	Senate	House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (13-Y 23-N)
2020-10-07	Senate	Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-10-07	Senate	House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 33-N)
2020-10-02	House	VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N)
2020-10-02	House	Passed House with substitute with amendment (57-Y 42-N)
2020-10-02	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB5007H1
2020-10-02	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-10-02	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20201248D-H1
2020-10-02	House	Read third time
2020-09-29	House	Read second time
2020-09-25	House	Reported from Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 9-N)
2020-09-22	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-09-22	House	Committee substitute printed 20201248D-H1
2020-09-22	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N)
2020-09-17	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-09-17	House	Read first time
2020-09-17	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-09-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2020-09-09	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5007S2
2020-09-09	Senate	Committee substitute from Finance and Appropriations agreed to 20201006D-S2
2020-09-09	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-09-09	Senate	Committee substitute from Judiciary rejected 20200902D-S1
2020-09-09	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-09-09	Senate	Read second time
2020-09-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-09-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20201006D-S2
2020-09-03	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
2020-08-20	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-08-20	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20200902D-S1
2020-08-20	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
2020-07-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-07-31	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200360D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	257	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	264.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	288	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	295	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	295.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	295.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5007
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007S3+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0043+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S03V0013+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S05V0019+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0086SB5007+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0105SB5007+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+H08V0038+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+H02V0028+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+HV0098+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0241SB5007+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0244SB5007+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0245SB5007+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0261SB5007+SB5007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+HV0205+SB5007