Capital murder; killing of a person in a school setting, penalty.
Summary
Capital murder of a person in a school setting;penalty. Provides that the willful, deliberate, and premeditatedkilling of any person by another when such person is upon the propertyof any child day center, any public, private, or religious preschool,elementary school, middle school, or high school, or any institutionof higher education is punishable as capital murder, a Class 1 felony.The bill also provides that any person convicted of such offenseshall be sentenced to no less than a mandatory minimum term of confinementfor life.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Last action Jan 27, 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
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104472D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Stuart
RRepublican
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