HB491: Indecent exposure; penalty.

Chief Patron

Kris Amundson (D-44)
Mount Vernon, VA
Served: 2000–

Progress

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

Status

02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Elements of indecent exposure. Provides that any person who (i) intentionally makes an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in (a) any public place, or (b) any place where others may see him, intending to be seen by others, or (ii) procures another to so expose himself, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The section previously provided that such person was guilty of indecent exposure if the display was done in any public place or in any place where others are present, and did not include the requirement that he intended the display or exposure to be seen by others.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/17/2008 and 02/12/2008.

Comments

David Halaby writes:

Hateful local governments run by ignorant, manipulative, hateful Christians can use this to humiliate and intimidate anyone they choose. With this law in place, anyone who is different loses the privacy of their home.

Posted 6 months ago. #

Waldo Jaquith writes:

Um.

What?

Posted 6 months ago. #

Kris Amundson writes:

Hardly. This was a guy who deliberately exposed himself--repeatedly-- to a woman as part of a broader harassment effort.

Language is problematic, to be sure, but is being worked on.

Posted 6 months ago. #