HB70: Assault and battery; limited exception to charges for certain school personnel.

Chief Patron

Bobby Orrock (R-54)
Thornburg, VA
Served: 1990–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

04/19/2006: enacted

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12/16/2005 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066502448
12/16/2005 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/12/2006 Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law
01/23/2006 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 1-N)
01/24/2006 Fiscal impact statement from DPB (HB70)
01/25/2006 Read first time
01/26/2006 Read second time
01/26/2006 Committee amendments agreed to
01/26/2006 Engrossed by House as amended HB70E
01/26/2006 Printed as engrossed 066502448-E
01/27/2006 Read third time
01/27/2006 Pending question ordered
01/27/2006 Motion to rerefer to committee rejected (22-Y 74-N)
01/27/2006 VOTE: REJECTED (22-Y 74-N)
01/27/2006 Passed House (80-Y 16-N)
01/27/2006 VOTE: PASSAGE (80-Y 16-N)
01/27/2006 Communicated to Senate
01/30/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed
01/30/2006 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/07/2006 Fiscal impact statement from DPB (HB70E)
02/15/2006 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
02/17/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/17/2006 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/2006 Read third time
02/20/2006 Reading of amendments waived
02/20/2006 Committee amendments agreed to
02/20/2006 Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/20/2006 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/2006 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/2006 Placed on Calendar
02/22/2006 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
02/22/2006 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
02/24/2006 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
02/24/2006 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
02/24/2006 Senate requested conference committee
02/27/2006 House acceded to request
02/28/2006 Conferees appointed by Senate
02/28/2006 Senators: Howell, Rerras, Houck
03/02/2006 Conferees appointed by House
03/02/2006 Delegates: Orrock, Kilgore, Amundson
03/07/2006 Passed by temporarily
03/07/2006 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
03/07/2006 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
03/07/2006 Conference report agreed to by House (79-Y 15-N)
03/07/2006 VOTE: ADOPTION (79-Y 15-N)
03/21/2006 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER)
03/21/2006 Enrolled
03/21/2006 Signed by Speaker
03/22/2006 Fiscal impact statement from DPB (HB70ER)
03/22/2006 Signed by President
04/11/2006 Governor's recommendation received by House
04/11/2006 Governor's substitute printed 061460129-H1
04/18/2006 Placed on Calendar
04/19/2006 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (87-Y 9-N)
04/19/2006 VOTE: ADOPTION (87-Y 9-N)
04/19/2006 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
04/19/2006 VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
04/19/2006 G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/19/2006 Reenrolled
04/19/2006 Reenrolled bill text (HB70ER2)
04/19/2006 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/19/2006 Signed by President as reenrolled
04/19/2006 Enacted, Chapter 829 (effective 7/1/06)
04/19/2006 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0829)

Summary

Assault and battery; school bus drivers; penalty. Adds school bus drivers and school bus driver aides to the list of school personnel provided a limited exception to charges of simple assault or assault and battery while acting in the course and scope of their official capacity when using: (i) incidental, minor or reasonable physical contact or other actions designed to maintain order and control; (ii) reasonable and necessary force to quell a disturbance or remove a student from the scene of a disturbance that threatens physical injury to persons or damage to property; (iii) reasonable and necessary force to prevent a student from inflicting physical harm on himself; (iv) reasonable and necessary force for self-defense or the defense of others; or (v) reasonable and necessary force to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects or controlled substances or associated paraphernalia that are upon the person of the student or within his control. View Full Text »