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Bill Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date. Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses. Clarifies the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission's authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data. The bill also requires the Commission to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia by October 1, 2022, documenting the impact on sentencing guideline midpoints for each offense if the Commission were to recommend changes to the midpoints based on analysis of historical sentencing data. The provisions of the first enactment of the bill clarifying the Commission's authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1320. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 423 Virginia SB 423 (2022)
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Virginia SB 423 (2022) — Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses, report, effective date.

Discretionary sentencing guidelines; midpoint for violent felony offenses. Clarifies the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission's authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data. The bill also requires the Commission to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia by October 1, 2022, documenting the impact on sentencing guideline midpoints for each offense if the Commission were to recommend changes to the midpoints based on analysis of historical sentencing data. The provisions of the first enactment of the bill clarifying the Commission's authority to recommend revisions to the discretionary sentencing guidelines based on historical sentencing data has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1320.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0723 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100694D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB423ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB423ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • John S. Edwards — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100694D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-01-13 Impact statement from VCSC (SB423)
  • 2022-01-24 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-25 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB423)
  • 2022-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2022-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-23 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-24 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Enrolled
  • 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB423ER)
  • 2022-02-28 Signed by President
  • 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  • 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
  • 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB423ER2)
  • 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 723 (effective 7/1/23) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8706f617-a930-487b-9ca8-46e3e2991613. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).