Funeral protests; penalty. (HB707)

Introduced By

Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax), Del. Joe May (R-Leesburg), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)

Progress

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

Description

Funeral protests; penalty. Makes it unlawful for a person to disrupt a funeral or memorial service during the 60 minutes immediately preceding through the time immediately following such service with the intent to disrupt the service. A violation of this provision is a Class 2 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 1 misdemeanor for a subsequent offense. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/11/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103838D
01/11/2012Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/16/2012Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
01/19/2012Impact statement from DPB (HB707)
02/08/2012Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2013
02/10/2012Continued to 2013 in Courts of Justice
11/29/2012Left in Courts of Justice