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Bill Sentence reductions; substantial assistance in furtherance of investigation, etc. Sentence reductions; substantial assistanceto prosecution. Allows a convicted person's sentence to be reducedby the sentencing court if the court determines such person providedsubstantial assistance in the furtherance of the investigation orprosecution of another person engaged in an act of grand larcenyof a firearm, criminal street gang participation, or recruitment ofpersons for criminal street gangs. Consideration of sentence reductioncan occur only upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 1018 Virginia SB 1018 (2020)
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Virginia SB 1018 (2020) — Sentence reductions; substantial assistance in furtherance of investigation, etc.

Sentence reductions; substantial assistanceto prosecution. Allows a convicted person's sentence to be reducedby the sentencing court if the court determines such person providedsubstantial assistance in the furtherance of the investigation orprosecution of another person engaged in an act of grand larcenyof a firearm, criminal street gang participation, or recruitment ofpersons for criminal street gangs. Consideration of sentence reductioncan occur only upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1018ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB1018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N 1-A) — 120 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — 61 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 1-N) — 191 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) — 8611 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105189D introduction
  • 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-01-17 Introduced bill reprinted 20105189D
  • 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB1018)
  • 2020-02-10 Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2020-02-14 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
  • 2020-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-24 Amendment by Delegate Scott agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2020-02-24 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2020-02-24 Passed House with amendment (87-Y 11-N) passage
  • 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N)
  • 2020-02-26 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB1018ER)
  • 2020-03-05 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 765 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/879a90a2-31fe-4c35-b513-c9708da403d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).