HB 2456 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; violent felony offenses.

Summary

Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; violent felony offenses. Adds to and removes certain felony offenses from the list of violent felony offenses for discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints. Offenders with prior convictions for violent felony offenses receive "enhancements" on the guidelines that increase the recommended sentences for those offenders. The bill contains technical amendments.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025

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Introduced → Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amendment changes the formatting and presentation of HB 2456 from its original introduced version to a substitute version prepared by the Courts of Justice Committee. The substantive policy content regarding sentencing guidelines remains identical, with no changes to the actual legal provisions, sentencing enhancements, or definitions of violent felony offenses. The changes are purely technical, converting the bill from an introduced draft to a committee substitute format with updated header information.

TECHNICAL

Changed bill status from 'Introduced' to 'Offered for Consideration' with updated date (1/31/2025) and added committee substitute designation

Replaced original bill header with committee substitute header including patron name (Delegate Cherry) and committee attribution

Added line numbers and draft markings throughout the document for committee review purposes

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Committee

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Criminal

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors