VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2005 SESSION

• | print version

HB 2906 Hepatitis B or C; persons charged with sexual assualt to be tested for viruses.

Introduced by: James M. Shuler | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Persons arrested for certain crimes; testing for HIV, hepatitis B or C viruses.  Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth may request that a person arrested for assault and battery where the victim was exposed to the body fluids of the person arrested, be tested for HIV and hepatitis B or C viruses.  If the defendant refuses, the court may hold a hearing.   Current law applies to persons charged with certain sex crimes and covers HIV testing only; however, the bill's provisions for  hepatitis B or C testing will apply to those persons also.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/05  House: Presented & ordered printed 056343368  pdf
• 02/05/05  House: Committee substitute printed 055531508-H1  pdf
• 03/07/05  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2906ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/01/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/21/05  House: Presented & ordered printed 056343368
• 01/21/05  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/04/05  House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/05  House: Committee substitute printed 055531508-H1
• 02/05/05  House: Read first time
• 02/07/05  House: Read second time
• 02/07/05  House: Committee substitute agreed to 055531508-H1
• 02/07/05  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2906H1
• 02/08/05  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/05  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/05  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/09/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/09/05  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/21/05  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/05  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/05  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/05  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/05  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2906ER)
• 03/09/05  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/05  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/11/05  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/23/05  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 661 (effective 7/1/05)
• 04/01/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)