Sexual battery; surprise, penalty. (HB2065)
Introduced By
Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News)
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
Sexual battery; surprise; penalty. Provides that sexual battery, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor, may be accomplished by surprise. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102630D |
01/10/2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/12/2017 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2065) |
01/20/2017 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2065) |
02/07/2017 | Left in Courts of Justice |
Comments
The only thing I can think is the impetus for this Bill is.....Donald Trump.
When Trump said he "grabs women by the p____y" and then he denied that such an action would count as Sexual Assault or Sexual Battery.
Well in Virginia if you grab a boob or pinch a butt over clothing that's Sexual Battery, so I would think "grabbing a p____y" or on the flip-side a "d__k" would already be Sexual Battery.
So I'm not sure if we really need to add "surprise" to this statute.
Back in 2012 Senator Stuart had SB20 which proposed adding “ruse” and “trickery” to our Rape statute and that failed, thankfully.
The more verbs we add to our criminal statutes to expand the options for victims and Prosecutors actually makes us less safe and our criminal justice system, less just.
This Bill while timely is unnecessary.