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HOUSE BILL NO. 2203 Offered January 12, 2005 Prefiled January 11, 2005 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-51.5, relating to criminally negligent bodily injury; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Marrs ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered § 18.2-51.5 as follows:

18.2-51.5. Criminally negligent bodily injury; penalty.

Any person who, by negligence so gross, wanton and culpable as to show a reckless disregard of human life, causes bodily injury to another, is guilty of a Class 5 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 cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.