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| Bill | Felons; postrelease incarceration of offenders sentenced for certain offenses. | Postrelease incarceration of felons sentenced for certain offenses. Clarifies that offenders who are convicted of knowingly failing to register or reregister with, or knowingly providing materially false information to, the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry are subject to added terms of postrelease incarceration. The bill also clarifies that when a sentence is imposed upon conviction of a felony that includes an active term of incarceration and the court does not order a suspended term of confinement of at least six months, a period of postrelease incarceration shall be imposed that is not less than six months or more than three years. The bill also clarifies that it is the period of postrelease incarceration that is required to be suspended, not the period of postrelease supervision. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to HB 752. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 312 | Virginia SB 312 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 312 (2020) — Felons; postrelease incarceration of offenders sentenced for certain offenses.
Postrelease incarceration of felons sentenced for certain offenses. Clarifies that offenders who are convicted of knowingly failing to register or reregister with, or knowingly providing materially false information to, the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry are subject to added terms of postrelease incarceration. The bill also clarifies that when a sentence is imposed upon conviction of a felony that includes an active term of incarceration and the court does not order a suspended term of confinement of at least six months, a period of postrelease incarceration shall be imposed that is not less than six months or more than three years. The bill also clarifies that it is the period of postrelease incarceration that is required to be suspended, not the period of postrelease supervision. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Judicial Council. This bill is identical to HB 752.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1116) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB312ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB312) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB312H1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101432D
introduction - 2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB312)
- 2020-02-10 Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
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 with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108509D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB312H1)
- 2020-02-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108509D-H1
- 2020-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB312H1
- 2020-02-24 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Title replaced 20108509D-H1
- 2020-03-03 Enrolled
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB312ER)
- 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 Signed by President
- 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
- 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1116 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/155f4743-d81d-41e5-bfdb-2c93c563e72e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).