SEARCH SITE
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.
2007 SESSION
SB 1237 Protective orders; increases penalty for second offense for violation thereof.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Violation of provisions of protective orders; penalty. Provides that the punishment for any person convicted of a second violation of a protective order, when the offense is committed within five years of a conviction for a prior offense and when either the instant or prior offense was based on an act or threat of violence, shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 60 days. The bill also provides that any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense, when such offense is committed within 20 years of the first conviction and when either the instant or any of the prior offenses was based on an act or threat of violence, is guilty of a Class 6 felony, and punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months. The bill also provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that bail should be denied to any person charged with a second or subsequent violation of a protective order. This bill is similar to HB 1982.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078941782 pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070574782-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077863782-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1237ER) pdf | impact statements
- 04/04/07 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1237ER2) pdf
- 04/11/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0923) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078941782
- 01/10/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/07 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/30/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070574782-S1
- 01/30/07 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070574782-S1
- 02/01/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1237S1
- 02/02/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 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
- 02/09/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/19/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077863782-H1
- 02/20/07 House: Read second time
- 02/21/07 House: Read third time
- 02/21/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 077863782-H1
- 02/21/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1237H1
- 02/21/07 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/07 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1237ER)
- 03/08/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/07 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/03/07 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/04/07 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/04/07 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/04/07 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/04/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/04/07 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/04/07 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1237ER2)
- 04/04/07 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/04/07 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/04/07 House: Enacted, Chapter 923 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/11/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0923)