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HB 70 Assault and battery; limited exception to charges for certain school personnel.
Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Assault and battery; school bus drivers; penalty. Adds school bus drivers and school bus driver aides to the list of school personnel provided a limited exception to charges of simple assault or assault and battery while acting in the course and scope of their official capacity when using: (i) incidental, minor or reasonable physical contact or other actions designed to maintain order and control; (ii) reasonable and necessary force to quell a disturbance or remove a student from the scene of a disturbance that threatens physical injury to persons or damage to property; (iii) reasonable and necessary force to prevent a student from inflicting physical harm on himself; (iv) reasonable and necessary force for self-defense or the defense of others; or (v) reasonable and necessary force to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects or controlled substances or associated paraphernalia that are upon the person of the student or within his control.
FULL TEXT
- 12/16/05 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066502448 pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/06 House: Printed as engrossed 066502448-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/06 House: Governor's substitute printed 061460129-H1 pdf
- 04/19/06 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB70ER2) pdf
- 04/19/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0829) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House amendments
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 12/16/05 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066502448
- 12/16/05 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/12/06 House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law
- 01/23/06 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 1-N)
- 01/25/06 House: Read first time
- 01/26/06 House: Read second time
- 01/26/06 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/26/06 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB70E
- 01/26/06 House: Printed as engrossed 066502448-E
- 01/27/06 House: Read third time
- 01/27/06 House: Pending question ordered
- 01/27/06 House: Motion to rerefer to committee rejected (22-Y 74-N)
- 01/27/06 House: VOTE: REJECTED (22-Y 74-N)
- 01/27/06 House: Passed House (80-Y 16-N)
- 01/27/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (80-Y 16-N)
- 01/27/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/30/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/06 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/06 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/06 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/06 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/20/06 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/20/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/20/06 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/06 House: Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
- 02/22/06 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
- 02/24/06 Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/27/06 House: House acceded to request
- 02/28/06 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/28/06 Senate: Senators: Howell, Rerras, Houck
- 03/02/06 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/02/06 House: Delegates: Orrock, Kilgore, Amundson
- 03/07/06 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/07/06 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/06 House: Conference report agreed to by House (79-Y 15-N)
- 03/07/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (79-Y 15-N)
- 03/21/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER)
- 03/21/06 House: Enrolled
- 03/21/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/06 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/11/06 House: Governor's substitute printed 061460129-H1
- 04/18/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/19/06 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (87-Y 9-N)
- 04/19/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (87-Y 9-N)
- 04/19/06 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/19/06 House: Reenrolled
- 04/19/06 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB70ER2)
- 04/19/06 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/19/06 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/19/06 House: Enacted, Chapter 829 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/19/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0829)