Assault and battery; felony when committed against certain persons. (HB1611)
Introduced By
Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas) with support from co-patrons Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), and Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst)
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
Assault and battery against certain persons. Amends provision making it a Class 6 felony to commit an assault or an assault and battery against judges, magistrates, law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel and persons directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of certain inmates, juvenile offenders, and sexually violent predators, when they are engaged in the performance of their public duties to state that the crime may occur anywhere in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that its provisions are declarative of existing law. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/08/2015 | Committee |
| 01/08/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102599D |
| 01/08/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/13/2015 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| 01/19/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) |
| 01/28/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/30/2015 | Read first time |
| 02/02/2015 | Read second time |
| 02/02/2015 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/02/2015 | Engrossed by House as amended HB1611E |
| 02/02/2015 | Printed as engrossed 15102599D-E |
| 02/03/2015 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/03/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/04/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/06/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1611E) |
| 02/11/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/13/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2015 | Read third time |
| 02/16/2015 | Passed Senate (34-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2015 | Enrolled |
| 02/19/2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1611ER) |
| 02/19/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/20/2015 | Signed by President |
| 02/21/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1611ER) |
| 02/23/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| 02/23/2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/23/15 |
| 02/23/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
| 03/16/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/15) |
| 03/16/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196) |
Comments
All that this bill does is add the phrase "anywhere in the Commonwealth," as in "In addition, if any person commits an assault or an assault and battery anywhere in the Commonwealth against another knowing or having reason to know that such other person is a judge, a magistrate, a law-enforcement officer." I wish that Del. Miller would explain the purpose of this law, since it's not normally necessary to specify that a state law applies anywhere in the state.