Saddam Salim
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 37
Primary
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to revise all labels on Sentencing Guidelines worksheets and instructions in the Sentencing Guidelines manual so that any conviction for an offense defined as a Class 1 misdemeanor or any other misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 364 days of incarceration, as provided by the bill, shall be scored as if the maximum penalty were 12 months for the purposes of preparing and using the discretionary sentencing guidelines.
A BILL to amend and reenact ยงยง 18.2-11, 22.1-279.6, 33.2-802, 36-85.12, 62.1-44.32, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, and 62.1-44.34:20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement.
Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 10-N)
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Read first time
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
Impact statement from DPB (SB332E)
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB332E
Impact statement from DPB (SB332)
Read second time
Reading of amendment waived
Amendment by Senator Perry agreed to
Printed as engrossed 24101161D-E
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101161D
Introduced bill reprinted 24101161D
Referred to Committee on the Courts of Justice
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Introduced | HTML PDF |
| Engrossed | HTML PDF |
| Document | Format |
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| Impact statement from DPB (SB332E) | |
| Impact statement from DPB (SB332) |
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