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2001 SESSION

018970640
HOUSE BILL NO. 2334
Offered January 10, 2001
Prefiled January 10, 2001
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-55 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assault and battery of a probation officer.
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Patrons-- Blevins; Senator: Martin
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Referred to Committee on Militia and Police
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-55 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-55. Bodily injuries caused by prisoners, probationers or parolees.

A. It shall be unlawful for a person confined in a state, local or regional correctional facility as defined in § 53.1-1; in a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228 or in any facility designed for the secure detention of juveniles; or while in the custody of an employee thereof to knowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on:

1. An employee thereof, or

2. Any other person lawfully admitted to such facility, except another prisoner or person held in legal custody, or

3. Any person who is supervising or working with prisoners or persons held in legal custody, or

4. Any such employee or other person while such prisoner or person held in legal custody is committing any act in violation of § 53.1-203.

B. It shall be unlawful for a probationer or parolee, under the supervision of a probation or parole officer as defined in § 16.1-237 or § 53.1-145, or of a local probation officer or a pretrial services officer, to knowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on such officer while in the performance of such officer's duty.

Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0.