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Bill Death penalty; abolition of current penalty. Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. The bill provides that no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after its effective date for any violation of law. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1165 Virginia SB 1165 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1165 (2021) — Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.

Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. The bill provides that no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after its effective date for any violation of law.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0345 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB1165ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1165S3 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB1165S4 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB1165S5 (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB1165S6 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104328D-S5 (17-Y 22-N) — 1722 (fail) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — 104 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) — 2117 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) — 124 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N) — 5643 (pass) · lower
  • Substitute by Senator Stanley rejected 21103373D-S2 (17-Y 22-N) — 1722 (fail) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) — 157 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104325D-S6 (16-Y 23-N) — 1623 (fail) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
  • Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
  • John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
  • John S. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
  • William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100656D introduction
  • 2021-01-08 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-01-11 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165)
  • 2021-01-18 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-18 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-18 Committee substitute printed 21103081D-S1 substitution
  • 2021-01-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-01-19 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S1)
  • 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1165S1)
  • 2021-01-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-28 Floor substitute printed 21103373D-S2 (Stanley)
  • 2021-01-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-28 Floor substitute printed 21103876D-S3 (Norment)
  • 2021-01-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S3)
  • 2021-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S2)
  • 2021-01-29 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-02-01 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-02 Floor substitute printed 21103949D-S4 (Surovell)
  • 2021-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-02 Floor substitute printed 21104328D-S5 (Norment)
  • 2021-02-02 Substitute bill reprinted 21104328D-S5
  • 2021-02-02 Floor substitute printed 21104325D-S6 (Norment)
  • 2021-02-02 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S4)
  • 2021-02-02 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S6)
  • 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-02 Committee substitute rejected 21103081D-S1
  • 2021-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-02 Substitute by Senator Stanley rejected 21103373D-S2 (17-Y 22-N)
  • 2021-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-02 Substitute by Senator Norment withdrawn 21103876D-S3
  • 2021-02-02 Substitute by Senator Surovell passed by temporarily
  • 2021-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-02 Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104325D-S6 (16-Y 23-N)
  • 2021-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-02 Substitute by Senator Norment rejected 21104328D-S5 (17-Y 22-N)
  • 2021-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-02 Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 21103949D-S4
  • 2021-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1165S4
  • 2021-02-03 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1165S5)
  • 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
  • 2021-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-22 Pending question ordered
  • 2021-02-22 Passed House (57-Y 43-N) passage
  • 2021-02-22 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N)
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1165ER)
  • 2021-02-24 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
  • 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7508a3b4-95b2-49e2-9144-d389b968146f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).