Offenders under 21 years of age; parole.
Summary
Offenders under 21 years of age; parole.Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonmentfor a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committedwhile that person was under 21 years of age and who has served atleast 20 years of such sentence and any person who has active sentencesthat total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiplefelony offenses committed while that person was under 21 years ofage and who has served at least 20 years of such sentences shallbe eligible for parole. Under current law, such parole provisionsapply only to juvenile offenders.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2022
Last action Jan 20, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 18, 2022
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 34
Jan 18, 2022
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican16
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 18, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0-2)
senate
Jan 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 6, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 6, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101929D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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