SB 332 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement.

Summary
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to revise all labels on Sentencing Guidelines worksheets and instructions in the Sentencing Guidelines manual so that any conviction for an offense defined as a Class 1 misdemeanor or any other misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 364 days of incarceration, as provided by the bill, shall be scored as if the maximum penalty were 12 months for the purposes of preparing and using the discretionary sentencing guidelines.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Nov 18, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 18, 2024

How they voted

2119
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 18, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Feb 23, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB332E
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendment by Senator Perry agreed to
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 10, 2024
Upper · Passed
Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced bill reprinted 24101161D
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors