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HB 61 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Adults sentenced for juvenile offenses; good conduct credit.

Summary
Adults sentenced for juvenile offenses; good conduct credit. Provides that an adult sentenced for a juvenile offense can earn good conduct credit at the rate of one day for each one day served, including all days served while confined in jail or secured detention prior to conviction and sentencing, in which the adult has not violated the written rules and regulations of the jail. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference and is identical to SB 307.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 3, 2019 Signed Mar 2, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Dec 3, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 3, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101347D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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