Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty. (SB628)
Introduced By
Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton) with support from co-patron Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty. Removes the requirement that a threat of death or bodily injury be communicated in a writing for the offense of threatening to kill or do bodily injury to a person or any member of his family or for the enhanced penalty for threatening to kill or do bodily harm at a school, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored event. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/15/2016 | Presented and ordered printed 16103454D |
01/15/2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/15/2016 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB628) |
02/01/2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2016 | Committee substitute printed 16105015D-S1 |
02/01/2016 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/02/2016 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB628S1) |
02/17/2016 | Left in Finance |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 17 clips in all, totaling 7 minutes.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester): SMOOTH, HE COULD TALK THE POLICE OUT OF IT AND THEY WOULD LEAVE. THERE ARE MANY, MANY NIGHT WHEN SHE BELIEVED THAT SHE OR HER CHILDREN WOULD IN THE SURVIVE THAT NIGHT AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE VERY END WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT. HE HAD GONE TO TRACTOR SUPPLY AND BOUGHT THREE KNIVES AND HE WAS COMING BACK AND HE TOLD HER, I'M GOING TO COME AND KILL YOU, AND SHE CALL THE POLICE AND THEY