Assault and battery; penalty when against attorneys for State. (SB504)
Introduced By
Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Assault and battery; penalties. Adds magistrates, attorneys for the Commonwealth, criminal-case jurors, and criminal-case witnesses who are engaged in their duties to the persons for whom there is an enhanced penalty if the person committing the assault knows or has reason to know the other person's status. The current penalty is a Class 6 felony with a mandatory minimum confinement of six months. This bill raises the penalty to a Class 4 felony with a mandatory minimum confinement of six months, for the added persons and those covered under current law which includes: judges, law-enforcement officers, certain Department of Corrections employees, firefighters, and rescue squad personnel. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 |
01/09/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088729333 |
01/09/2008 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/10/2008 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB504) |
01/11/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
01/23/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/23/2008 | Rereferred to Finance |
01/24/2008 | Committee substitute printed 080838333-S1 |
01/24/2008 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB504S1) |
01/29/2008 | Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/30/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2008 | Read second time |
01/31/2008 | Reading of substitute waived |
01/31/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 080838333-S1 |
01/31/2008 | Reading of amendment waived |
01/31/2008 | Committee amendment agreed to |
01/31/2008 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB504ES1 |
01/31/2008 | Printed as engrossed 080838333-ES1 |
02/01/2008 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB504ES1) |
02/01/2008 | Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2008 | Communicated to House |
02/12/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
02/12/2008 | Read first time |
02/12/2008 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/14/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
02/29/2008 | Tabled in Courts of Justice |