SB1237: Protective orders; increases penalty for second offense for violation thereof.

Chief Patron

Mark Obenshain (R-26)
Served: 2004–

Progress

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

Status

04/04/2007: enacted

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01/10/2007 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078941782
01/10/2007 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/12/2007 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1237)
01/17/2007 Rereferred to Finance
01/30/2007 Committee substitute printed 070574782-S1
01/30/2007 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1237S1)
01/31/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/01/2007 Read second time
02/01/2007 Reading of substitute waived
02/01/2007 Committee substitute agreed to 070574782-S1
02/01/2007 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1237S1
02/02/2007 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/02/2007 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2007 Communicated to House
02/06/2007 Placed on Calendar
02/06/2007 Read first time
02/06/2007 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/09/2007 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
02/19/2007 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2007 Committee substitute printed 077863782-H1
02/20/2007 Read second time
02/21/2007 Read third time
02/21/2007 Committee substitute agreed to 077863782-H1
02/21/2007 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1237H1
02/21/2007 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/21/2007 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2007 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1237H1)
02/22/2007 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/22/2007 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2007 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1237ER)
03/08/2007 Enrolled
03/08/2007 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1237ER)
03/08/2007 Signed by Speaker
03/11/2007 Signed by President
03/21/2007 Impact statement from DPB (SB1237ER)
03/26/2007 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/03/2007 Placed on Calendar
04/04/2007 Enacted, Chapter (effective 7/1/07)
04/04/2007 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
04/04/2007 G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/04/2007 VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/04/2007 Reenrolled
04/04/2007 Reenrolled bill text (SB1237ER2)
04/04/2007 Signed by President as reenrolled
04/04/2007 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/04/2007 Enacted, Chapter 923 (effective 7/1/07)
04/11/2007 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0923)

Summary

Violation of provisions of protective orders; penalty. Provides that the punishment for any person convicted of a second misdemeanor violation of a protective order, when the offense is committed within five years of a conviction for a prior offense, shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 60 days. The bill also provides that any person convicted of a third offense (including some felony offenses), when the third such offense is committed within 20 years of the first conviction, is guilty of a Class 6 felony, and punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year.

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