Sexual offenders; certain persons prohibited proximity to children at public libraries, penalty. (SB384)
Introduced By
Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) with support from co-patron Del. Tom Garrett (R-Louisa)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; public libraries; penalty. Provides that any adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2014, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from knowingly and intentionally having any contact whatsoever with children that are not in his custody on the premises of any place that he knows or has reason to know is a public library. A violation is a Class 6 felony. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103188D |
01/07/2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/08/2014 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB384) |
01/24/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (SB384) |
01/27/2014 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/27/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104494D-S1 |
01/27/2014 | Rereferred to Finance |
01/30/2014 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB384S1) |
02/04/2014 | Continued to 2015 in Finance (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
The rationale behind this bill is absurd, see 01/27 post below for more info
Its substitute makes it even more constitutionally unstable, see 01/28 post below for more info
January 27, 2014- http://goo.gl/63Ilvj
January 28, 2014- http://goo.gl/nPwihh
The goal is banishment but the text can't say that.
I don't understand what problem this bill proposes to solve. What's so special about libraries?