SB 449 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Juveniles; juvenile correctional centers, eligibility for parole.

Summary
Juvenile parole; juvenile correctional centers. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonmentor who has a cumulative term of active sentences that total morethan 20 years, regardless of whether such sentences were imposedduring a single sentencing hearing or multiple sentencing hearings,for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committedwhile that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 20 consecutiveyears of incarceration, including any period of commitment in a juvenilecorrectional center, shall be eligible for parole. Under current law,any period of commitment in a juvenile correctional center for anysentences for such juvenile offender is not considered as a portionof the minimum of 20 years of incarceration served in order for suchoffender to be eligible for parole.
Bill status passed both 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
House of Delegates Failed
Feb 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Vetoed Mar 20, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 28, 2024

How they voted

21–19
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Apr 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 20, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB449ER)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (50-Y 49-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House (50-Y 49-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Referred from Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Dave Marsden
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
VA
35