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SB 1233 Assault and battery; adds conservators of the peace to definition in statute.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Assault and battery; federal employees. Adds United States government employees who qualify as conservators of the peace under Virginia law to the definition of law-enforcement officer in the assault and battery statute, so that the enhanced punishment will apply. The enhanced punishment is a Class 6 felony with a mandatory minimum term of six months versus a Class 1 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072880782 pdf | impact statement
- 01/22/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070078782-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072880782
- 01/10/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/22/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070078782-S1
- 01/23/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/07 Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070078782-S1
- 01/24/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1233S1
- 01/25/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/06/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/07 House: Read first time
- 02/06/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/20/07 House: Left in Courts of Justice