HB 244: Robbery; conforms certain provisions of Code to degrees of robbery offenses.

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Robbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code referencing robbery to the degrees of robbery offenses established by Chapter 534 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. These changes include: (i) limiting to the three higher degrees of robbery certain non-robbery crimes for which committing such crime with the intent to commit a robbery is an element of the offenses, (ii) limiting the types of robbery that are included in the definition of "acts of violence" to the two higher degrees of robbery, (iii) clarifying how robbery offenses will be scored on the sentencing guidelines, (iv) allowing persons convicted of the two lesser degrees of robbery to be eligible for conditional release if they are terminally ill and for enhanced earned sentence credits, (v) allowing persons who are ineligible for parole as a result of being convicted of three of certain enumerated offenses to be eligible for parole if convicted of an offense that would constitute robbery by presenting of firearms, and (vi) limiting the application of the three-strikes law to the two higher degrees of robbery and making persons convicted under the three-strikes law eligible for parole if one of the three convictions resulting in the mandatory life sentence would constitute one of the two lesser degrees of robbery. The bill leaves unchanged the current law making all degrees of robbery predicate criminal acts by adding the two lesser degrees of robbery to the definition of "predicate criminal act" and specifying that the two higher degrees of robbery are included in the definition of "act of violence." The bill requires the changes made to the eligibility for conditional release of terminally ill prisoners and enhanced earned sentence credits to apply retroactively if certain criteria are met.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. March 9, 2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
2. March 9, 2026Senate committee offered
3. March 9, 2026Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
4. March 5, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB244)
5. March 3, 2026Committee substitute printed 26108969D-S1
6. March 2, 2026Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
7. February 11, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB244)
8. February 4, 2026Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
9. February 4, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
10. February 3, 2026Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
11. February 2, 2026Engrossed by House as amended
12. February 2, 2026committee amendments agreed to

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