Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 332: Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
SB 332 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Primary sponsor: Ghazala F. Hashmi, Saddam Salim (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Appropriations.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghazala F. Hashmi | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Saddam Salim | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 37 |
| Jennifer Carroll Foy | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 33 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Appropriations
- Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 10-N)
- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- Read first time
- Placed on Calendar
- Impact statement from DPB (SB332E)
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- Printed as engrossed 24101161D-E
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB332E
- Amendment by Senator Perry agreed to
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