Homicides and assaults and bodily woundings; certain matters not to constitute defenses.
Summary
Homicides and assaults and bodily woundings; certain matters not to constitute defenses. Provides that the discovery of, perception of, or belief about another person's actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation, whether or not accurate, is not a defense to any charge of capital murder, murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, voluntary manslaughter, or assault and bodily wounding-related crimes and is not provocation negating or excluding malice as an element of murder.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 31, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 5, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 24, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
45
Key actions
15
Committee
15
Mar 31, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 15-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2132S1
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21200404D-S1
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2132H1
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21104105D-H1
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102483D
lower
1 primary · 27 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
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