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| Bill | Criminal cases; sentencing reform, procedure for trial by jury, etc. | Criminal cases; sentencing reform. Providesthat in a criminal case the court shall ascertain the extent of thepunishment unless the accused has requested that the jury ascertainpunishment or was found guilty of capital murder. The bill also providesthat if a jury cannot agree on a punishment, the court shall declarea mistrial. The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealthmay not demand a jury trial when an order declaring a judicial emergencyhas suspended criminal jury trials. The bill also provides that theVirginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall prepare a fiscal impactstatement reflecting the operating costs attributable to and necessaryappropriations for any bill that would result in a net decrease inperiods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020specialI | SB 5007 | Virginia SB 5007 (2020specialI) |
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enacted | 6 | 58 | 13 | 2020-07-31 | 2020-11-05 | openstates | ocd-bill/90611073-149a-4111-9491-552a81f9978e | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5007 | abee939e54ad047d2b5157898e4b166332f0eec29d702e202d6eccb98d8fb5d1 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia SB 5007 (2020specialI) — Criminal cases; sentencing reform, procedure for trial by jury, etc.
Criminal cases; sentencing reform. Providesthat in a criminal case the court shall ascertain the extent of thepunishment unless the accused has requested that the jury ascertainpunishment or was found guilty of capital murder. The bill also providesthat if a jury cannot agree on a punishment, the court shall declarea mistrial. The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealthmay not demand a jury trial when an order declaring a judicial emergencyhas suspended criminal jury trials. The bill also provides that theVirginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall prepare a fiscal impactstatement reflecting the operating costs attributable to and necessaryappropriations for any bill that would result in a net decrease inperiods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5007ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB5007H1) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB5007S1) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB5007S2) (committee substitute) — source
- SB5007S3 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (23-Y 12-N) — 23–12 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N) — 22–16 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
- House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (13-Y 23-N) — 13–23 (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 33-N) — 3–33 (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) — 56–42 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N) — 11–9 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-07-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200360D
introduction - 2020-07-31 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-08-20 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2020-08-20 Committee substitute printed 20200902D-S1
substitution - 2020-08-20 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-08-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB5007S1)
- 2020-09-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-09-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-09-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2020-09-03 Committee substitute printed 20201006D-S2
substitution - 2020-09-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-09-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB5007S2)
- 2020-09-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-09-09 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-09-09 Committee substitute from Judiciary rejected 20200902D-S1
- 2020-09-09 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-09-09 Committee substitute from Finance and Appropriations agreed to 20201006D-S2
- 2020-09-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5007S2
- 2020-09-10 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-09-17 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-09-17 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-09-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-09-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-09-22 Committee substitute printed 20201248D-H1
substitution - 2020-09-22 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-09-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-09-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-09-25 Reported from Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-09-28 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB5007H1)
- 2020-09-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB5007H1)
- 2020-09-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-10-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-10-02 Committee substitute agreed to 20201248D-H1
- 2020-10-02 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-10-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB5007H1
- 2020-10-02 Passed House with substitute with amendment (57-Y 42-N)
passage - 2020-10-02 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N)
- 2020-10-07 House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 33-N)
- 2020-10-07 Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 2020-10-07 House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (13-Y 23-N)
- 2020-10-07 House insisted on substitute with amendment
- 2020-10-07 House requested conference committee
- 2020-10-07 Senate acceded to request (23-Y 12-N)
- 2020-10-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2020-10-07 Conferees appointed by House
- 2020-10-14 Amended by conference committee
- 2020-10-14 Conference substitute printed 20201357D-S3
- 2020-10-14 Passed by for the day
- 2020-10-16 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N)
- 2020-10-16 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 43-N)
- 2020-10-16 VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 43-N)
- 2020-10-28 Enrolled
- 2020-10-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB5007ER)
- 2020-10-28 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-10-30 Signed by President
- 2020-10-30 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 30, 2020
- 2020-10-30 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., November 6, 2020
- 2020-11-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90611073-149a-4111-9491-552a81f9978e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).