Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB332
Legislation Overview
Title: Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally: Misdemeanors
Description: Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to revise all labels on Sentencing Guidelines worksheets and instructions in the Sentencing Guidelines manual so that any conviction for an offense defined as a Class 1 misdemeanor or any other misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 364 days of incarceration, as provided by the bill, shall be scored as if the maximum penalty were 12 months for the purposes of preparing and using the discretionary sentencing guidelines.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Appropriations
Last Action Date: November 18, 2024
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Saddam Salim (D); Ghazala Hashmi (D); Jennifer Carroll Foy (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (3 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 18, 2024 | Left in Appropriations |
| House | Feb 28, 2024 | Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote) |
| House | Feb 23, 2024 | Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 10-N) |
| House | Feb 23, 2024 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Placed on Calendar |
| Senate | Jan 18, 2024 | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) |
| Senate | Jan 18, 2024 | Impact statement from DPB (SB332E) |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2024 | Printed as engrossed 24101161D-E |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2024 | Reading of amendment waived |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2024 | Amendment by Senator Perry agreed to |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2024 | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB332E |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2024 | Impact statement from DPB (SB332) |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2024 | Read second time |
| Senate | Jan 16, 2024 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 15, 2024 | Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2024 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101161D |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2024 | Introduced bill reprinted 24101161D |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2024 | Referred to Committee on the Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Jan 17, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 9, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 9, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Senate amendments | Senate amendments | Jul 9, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) | 01/15/2024 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) | 01/16/2024 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) | 01/18/2024 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 10-N) | 02/23/2024 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
