SB610: Adultery; reduces Class 4 misdemeanor to a civil penalty.

SENATE BILL NO. 610

Offered January 10, 2018
Prefiled January 10, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adultery; civil penalty.
Patron-- Surovell

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-365. Adultery defined; penalty.

Any person, being married, who voluntarily shall have has sexual intercourse with any person not his or her spouse shall be is guilty of adultery, punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor and is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $250, which shall be payable to the Literary Fund. Any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons for a violation of this section.