Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction.
Summary
Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits shall include any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state hospital, or juvenile detention facility for the offense such person was held deducted from such person's term of incarceration or detention. The bill also provides that all time actually spent by a person in confinement or detention shall be used in calculating such person's earned sentence credits.The bill provides that the provisions shall apply retroactively to any person who is confined in any correctional facility on July 1, 2025, and if it is determined that, upon retroactive application of the provisions, the release date of any such person passed prior to the effective date of this act, the person shall be released upon approval of an appropriate release plan and within 60 days of such determination unless otherwise mandated by court order; however, no person shall have a claim for wrongful incarceration on the basis of such retroactive application. If a person is released prior to completion of any reentry programs deemed necessary by the Department of Corrections on the person's most recent annual review or prior to completion of any programs mandated by court order, the person shall be required to complete such programs under probation, provided probation is mandated by the court and current community resources are sufficient to facilitate completion of the aforementioned programs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Dec 21, 2023
Vetoed Mar 27, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 7, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
60
Key actions
20
Committee
19
Amendments
4
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB45ER)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 38-N)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 7, 2024
Committee
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments #2 and #3 agreed to by House (61-Y 38-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Amended
Senate amendment #1 rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (59-Y 39-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Dec 21, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Holly Seibold
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Laufer
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Gardner
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
Co
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
Co
Lamont Bagby
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
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