HB 996

            
2020 SESSION

20103367D

HOUSE BILL NO. 996


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 53.1-165.1 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to parole; exception to the limitation on the application of 
 parole statutes.
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Patron-- Lindsey

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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 53.1-165.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 53.1-165.1. Limitation on the application of parole 
 statutes.
 
 
A. The 
 provisions of this article, except �� 53.1-160 and 53.1-160.1, shall not apply 
 to any sentence imposed or to any prisoner incarcerated upon a conviction for a 
 felony offense committed on or after January 1, 1995. Any person sentenced to a 
 term of incarceration for a felony offense committed on or after January 1, 
 1995, shall not be eligible for parole upon that offense.
 
 
B. 
 The provisions of this article shall apply to any person who was sentenced by a 
 jury prior to June 9, 2000, for a noncapital felony offense committed on or 
 after January 1, 1995, where the jury was not instructed on the abolition of 
 parole in the Commonwealth, 
 and who remained incarcerated for such offense on July 1, 2020.
 
 
C. The Parole 
 Board shall establish procedures for consideration of parole of persons 
 entitled under subsection B consistent with the provisions of � 53.1-154 
 allowing for extension of time for reasonable cause.