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2002 SESSION
HB 1173 Burning object on property of another with intent to intimidate.
Introduced by: Winsome Earle Sears | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Burning object on property of another or public place with intent to intimidate; penalty. Creates a new section without amending existing language in the current cross-burning statute to provide that, without any reference to a cross, any person, with the intent of intimidating another, who burns an object on the private property of another, on a highway or other public place in a manner having a direct tendency to place another in reasonable fear or apprehension of death or bodily injury is guilty of a Class 6 felony. This is in response to the decision of the Virginia Supreme Court in Black v. Commonwealth, 2001 Va. Lexis 139 (2001), that found Virginia's cross-burning statute unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/02 House: Presented & ordered printed 026256930 pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/02 House: Committee substitute printed 024997930-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/02 Senate: Committee substitute printed 024749536-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/02 House: Conference substitute printed 025013930-H2 pdf
- 03/15/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1173ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/02 House: Presented & ordered printed 026256930
- 01/10/02 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/24/02 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 02/04/02 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/02 House: Committee substitute printed 024997930-H1
- 02/06/02 House: Read first time
- 02/07/02 House: Read second time
- 02/07/02 House: Committee substitute agreed to 024997930-H1
- 02/07/02 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 024997930-H1
- 02/08/02 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/02 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/02 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/11/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/02 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/20/02 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/02 Senate: Committee substitute printed 024749536-S1
- 02/22/02 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/02 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/02 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/02 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 024749536-S1
- 02/25/02 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute 024749536-S1
- 02/25/02 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/02 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/02 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/27/02 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/28/02 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 91-N)
- 02/28/02 House: VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 91-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/05/02 House: House acceded to request
- 03/05/02 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/02 House: Delegates: Sears, McDonnell, Melvin
- 03/06/02 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/02 Senate: Senators: Miller, Y.B., Stolle, Williams
- 03/08/02 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/08/02 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/02 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/02 House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/02 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/02 House: Conference substitute printed 025013930-H2
- 03/15/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1173ER)
- 03/18/02 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/02 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/19/02 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/02 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (effective 7/1/02)
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)