HB 2615 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Capital murder; punishment if against law-enforcement officers and fire marshals.

Summary

Provides that any person convicted of capital murder of a law-enforcement officer or certain other public safety officials who was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense shall be sentenced to no less than a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life. This bill is identical to

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2019

Committee Review

Feb 2019

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2019

Senate Passage

Feb 2019

Signed into Law

Apr 2019

Introduced Jan 9, 2019 Signed Apr 3, 2019

Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2019

How they voted

34–0

Passed

Total votes 34

Feb 12, 2019

D Democratic14

14 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

26

Key actions

6

Committee

5

Apr 3, 2019

Executive · Passed

Governor's recommendation adopted

executive

Apr 3, 2019

Lower · Passed

House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 12, 2019

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (34-0)

senate

Feb 6, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Feb 5, 2019

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 4, 2019

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2615H1

lower

Feb 4, 2019

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 19106312D-H1

lower

Jan 15, 2019

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1

lower

Jan 9, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

Jan 9, 2019

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 19103652D

lower

1 primary · 22 co-sponsors

Sponsors