Felons; postrelease incarceration of offenders sentenced for certain offenses.
Summary
Postrelease incarceration of felons sentenced for certain offenses. Clarifies that offenders who are convicted of knowingly failing to register or reregister with, or knowingly providing materially false information to, the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry are subject to added terms of postrelease incarceration. The bill also clarifies that when a sentence is imposed upon conviction of a felony that includes an active term of incarceration and the court does not order a suspended term of confinement of at least six months, a period of postrelease incarceration shall be imposed that is not less than six months or more than three years. The bill also clarifies that it is the period of postrelease incarceration that is required to be suspended, not the period of postrelease supervision. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to HB 752.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 5, 2020
Signed Apr 10, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Apr 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1116 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB312H1
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108509D-H1
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 5, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101432D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
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