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

DateAction
01/09/2008Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08
01/09/2008Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088729333
01/09/2008Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/10/2008Impact statement from VCSC (SB504)
01/11/2008Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/23/2008Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2008Rereferred to Finance
01/24/2008Committee substitute printed 080838333-S1
01/24/2008Impact statement from VCSC (SB504S1)
01/29/2008Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2008Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2008Read second time
01/31/2008Reading of substitute waived
01/31/2008Committee substitute agreed to 080838333-S1
01/31/2008Reading of amendment waived
01/31/2008Committee amendment agreed to
01/31/2008Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB504ES1
01/31/2008Printed as engrossed 080838333-ES1
02/01/2008Impact statement from VCSC (SB504ES1)
02/01/2008Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2008Communicated to House
02/12/2008Placed on Calendar
02/12/2008Read first time
02/12/2008Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/14/2008Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/29/2008Tabled in Courts of Justice