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Bill Juvenile offenders; eligibility for parole. Juvenile offenders; parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 20 years of such sentence and any person who has active sentences that total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 20 years of such sentences shall be eligible for parole. This bill is identical to SB 103. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 35 Virginia HB 35 (2020)
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Virginia HB 35 (2020) — Juvenile offenders; eligibility for parole.

Juvenile offenders; parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 20 years of such sentence and any person who has active sentences that total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 20 years of such sentences shall be eligible for parole. This bill is identical to SB 103.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB35ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House as amended HB35E (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB35) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — 5544 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) — 123 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Public Safety with amendments (15-Y 7-N) — 157 (pass) · lower
  • Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 0-N) — 110 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 2811 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2019-11-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100536D introduction
  • 2019-11-19 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2020-01-17 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-17 Reported from Public Safety with amendments (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB35)
  • 2020-01-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-22 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-01-22 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2020-01-22 Engrossed by House as amended HB35E
  • 2020-01-22 Printed as engrossed 20100536D-E
  • 2020-01-23 Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-23 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
  • 2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-01-24 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB35E)
  • 2020-02-07 Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-07 Rereferred to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-17 Passed Senate passage
  • 2020-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB35ER)
  • 2020-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2020
  • 2020-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 28, 2020
  • 2020-02-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 2 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e43fc14-8b58-48df-929b-73bd652b7a59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).