Limits negotiated plea agreements for crime of burglary when firearm involved.
This bill prohibits prosecutors from negotiating plea agreements that reduce the sentence for burglary when a firearm was used during the offense. Currently, burglary involving a firearm is a second-degree crime, but the bill ensures defendants cannot receive a lighter sentence through plea deals - requiring them to face the standard sentencing for second-degree burglary as defined by law. The law defines "firearm" broadly to include items like air guns, spring guns, and other devices capable of causing injury. This directly affects individuals charged with burglary who used a firearm, eliminating the option of plea bargains for reduced penalties in these specific cases.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
Sep 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 3, 2024
Last action Sep 19, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Jun 28, 2024
How they voted
75–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 80
Jun 28, 2024
D
Democratic52
96% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Sep 19, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Jun 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (75-0-0)
lower
Jun 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
lower
3 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Hutchison
DDemocratic
P
Reginald Atkins
DDemocratic
P
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
Alixon Collazos-Gill
DDemocratic
Co
Benjie Wimberly
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Ellen Park
DDemocratic
Co
Gerry Scharfenberger
RRepublican
Co
Robert Karabinchak
DDemocratic
Co
Rosy Bagolie
DDemocratic
Co
Vicky Flynn
RRepublican
Co
Will Sampson
DDemocratic
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