SB 90 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Capital murder; punishment.

Summary

Capital murder; punishment. Provides thatany person convicted of capital murder involving the willful, deliberate,and premeditated killing of more than one person as part of the sameact or transaction or more than one person within a three-year period,and who was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense,shall be sentenced to no less than a mandatory minimum term of confinementfor life.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2019

Committee Review

Jan 2020

Senate Passage

Jan 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Governor

Introduced Nov 27, 2019 Last action Jan 15, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Jan 15, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)

upper

Jan 8, 2020

Upper · Passed

Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name

upper

Nov 27, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

upper

Nov 27, 2019

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101278D

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors