Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty. (SB813)
Introduced By
Sen. Steve Martin (R-Chesterfield)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly communicates, in a writing, a threat to kill or do bodily harm to a person or class of persons, regardless of whether the person or a member of the class of persons who is the object of the threat actually receives the threat, and the threat would place the object of the threat in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily injury is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law only governs threats made against a person or his family members or threats to do harm at a school or a school-related event or on a school bus. The bill also expands the types of government activities to include judicial proceedings for which threats to kill or do bodily injury with the intent to influence such government activities are punishable as Class 5 felony. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/05/2011 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11101906D |
01/05/2011 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/11/2011 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
01/12/2011 | Impact statement from (SB813) |
01/12/2011 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB813) |
01/26/2011 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/26/2011 | Committee substitute printed 11104607D-S1 |
01/26/2011 | Rereferred to Finance |
01/27/2011 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB813S1) |
01/28/2011 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB813) |
01/28/2011 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB813S1) |
02/08/2011 | Left in Finance |
Comments
Hello, I am a Social Work Student at Eastern Mennonite University and also a 31 year old mother of two children. In the past, my children have received verbal threats on the school bus by other elementary school children. My concern is that these young children making threats may grow up to become angry adults who have learned that there are no consequences for their bully-like behavior. I this piece of legislation you have proposed is an important one and I highly approve of it!
Stephanie C. Hancock
Waynesboro, Virginia