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2002 SESSION

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HB 1005 Burning object on property of another or public place.

Introduced by: Robert F. McDonnell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Burning object on property of another or public place with intent to intimidate; penalty. Rewrites the cross-burning statute, without any reference to a cross or other object and without any presumption of intent to intimidate, to provide that any person, with the intent of intimidating another, who burns an object on the property of another, on a highway or other public place 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

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 024390836  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 024390836
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/24/02  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 02/04/02  House: Incorporated by C. J. (HB1173-Sears) (22-Y 0-N)