Juvenile offenders; eligibility for parole.
Summary
Juvenile offenders; parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 20 years of such sentence and any person who has active sentences that total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 20 years of such sentences shall be eligible for parole. This bill is identical to HB 35.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 5, 2019
Signed Mar 31, 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
31
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Mar 31, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 529 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (55-Y 44-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB103H1
lower
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20109029D-H1
lower
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N)
upper
Jan 15, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Dec 5, 2019
Introduced
Introduced bill reprinted 20100929D
upper
Dec 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Dec 5, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100929D
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about SB 103
Scope: VA
Hi! I can help you understand SB 103. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline