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2004 SESSION

040928104
SENATE BILL NO. 319
Offered January 14, 2004
Prefiled January 14, 2004
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-32.2, relating to killing an unborn child; penalty.
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Patron-- Stolle
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-32.2 as follows:

§ 18.2-32.2. Killing an unborn child; penalty.

Any person who maliciously, willfully, deliberately, unlawfully and with premeditation kills the fetus of another is guilty of a Class 2 felony.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.