Geriatric prisoners; conditional release.
Summary
Conditional release of geriatric prisoners.Allows any person serving a sentence imposed upon a convictionfor a felony offense, other than a Class 1 felony, who (i) is 55years of age or older and has served at least 15 years of the sentenceimposed or (ii) is 50 years of age or older and has served at least20 years of the sentence imposed, to petition the Parole Board forconditional release.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Feb 24, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2020
How they voted
21–19
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 3, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (9-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105021D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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