Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.
Summary
Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. The bill provides that no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after its effective date for any violation of law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 8, 2021
Signed Mar 24, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 22, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 27, 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
56
Key actions
14
Committee
9
Mar 24, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House (57-Y 43-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Substitute by Senator Surovell passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Jan 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
upper
Jan 18, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
upper
Jan 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 8, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100656D
upper
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Ebbin
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
Co
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
Co
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
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