VADP

Virginia General Assembly Sustains Governor’s Vetoes on All Death Penalty Bills

We celebrate the defeat of all death penalty expansion legislation during the 2009 legislative session! You took action and your legislators responded. Tonight, April 8, 2009, the Senate of Virginia voted to sustain Governor Kaine's vetoes on all 5 bills to expand the death penalty (SB 1409, SB 961, SB 1069, HB 2358, HB 2638).

Thank you for all of your work attending meetings with your Senators, contacting your legislators, and educating your friends and family on these dangerous expansions. This victory demonstrates that through your advocacy efforts we can stop death penalty expansion once and for all and make progress toward reform and abolition. We will continue these education and advocacy efforts to maintain our momentum in this positive direction. To help support VADP's efforts, please click here.

I look forward to working with you on these efforts in the future. Thank you for all of your work to make this victory possible. Congratulations!

Peace and Hope,
Beth 

We needed at least 14 NAY votes on each bill to uphold the veto. YEAS are for death penalty expansion, NAYS are against expansion:

YEAS--Blevins, Deeds, Hanger, Herring, Houck, Hurt, Martin, McDougle, Miller, J.C., Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Puckett, Quayle, Reynolds, Ruff, Smith, Stolle, Stosch, Stuart, Vogel, Wagner, Wampler, Watkins--24.

NAYS--Barker, Colgan, Cuccinelli, Edwards, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsh, McEachin, Miller, Y.B., Northam, Petersen, Puller, Saslaw, Ticer, Whipple--16.

RULE 36--0.

NOT VOTING--0.

YEAS--Barker, Blevins, Cuccinelli, Deeds, Hanger, Herring, Houck, Hurt, Martin, McDougle, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Puckett, Quayle, Reynolds, Ruff, Smith, Stolle, Stosch, Stuart, Vogel, Wagner, Wampler, Watkins--25.

NAYS--Colgan, Edwards, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsh, McEachin, Miller, J.C., Miller, Y.B., Northam, Petersen, Puller, Saslaw, Ticer, Whipple--15.

RULE 36--0.

NOT VOTING--0.

YEAS--Blevins, Cuccinelli, Deeds, Hanger, Herring, Houck, Hurt, Martin, McDougle, Norment, Obenshain, Puckett, Quayle, Reynolds, Ruff, Smith, Stolle, Stosch, Stuart, Vogel, Wagner, Wampler, Watkins--23.

NAYS--Barker, Colgan, Edwards, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsh, McEachin, Miller, J.C., Miller, Y.B., Northam, Petersen, Puller, Ticer, Whipple--15.

RULE 36--0.

NOT VOTING--Newman, Saslaw--2. 

YEAS--Blevins, Colgan, Deeds, Hanger, Herring, Houck, Hurt, Martin, McDougle, Miller, J.C., Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Puckett, Quayle, Reynolds, Ruff, Stolle, Stosch, Stuart, Vogel, Wagner, Wampler, Watkins--24.

NAYS--Barker, Cuccinelli, Edwards, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsh, McEachin, Miller, Y.B., Northam, Petersen, Puller, Saslaw, Smith, Ticer, Whipple--16.

RULE 36--0.

NOT VOTING--0.

Senator Colgan stated that he was recorded as voting yea on the question of the passage of the enrolled form of H.B. 2358, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, whereas he intended to vote nay.

Senator Smith stated that he was recorded as voting nay on the question of the passage of the enrolled form of H.B. 2358, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, whereas he intended to vote yea.

YEAS--Blevins, Cuccinelli, Deeds, Edwards, Hanger, Herring, Houck, Hurt, Martin, McDougle, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Puckett, Quayle, Reynolds, Ruff, Smith, Stolle, Stosch, Stuart, Vogel, Wagner, Wampler, Watkins--25.

NAYS--Barker, Colgan, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsh, McEachin, Miller, J.C., Miller, Y.B., Northam, Petersen, Puller, Saslaw, Ticer, Whipple--15.

RULE 36--0.

NOT VOTING--0.

Senator Edwards stated that he was recorded as voting yea on the question of the passage of the enrolled form of H.B. 2638, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, whereas he intended to vote nay.