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2008 SESSION
HB 716 Disorderly conduct; removes certain proviso.
Introduced by: William R. Janis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Conduct punishable as disorderly conduct. Removes the proviso that conduct punishable elsewhere in the Code as criminal conduct may not also be punished as disorderly conduct. This bill responds to the decision in Battle v. Commonwealth, 50 Va. App. 135, 647 S. E. 2d 499 (2007).
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HISTORY
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080565568
- 01/08/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/01/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/08 House: Read first time
- 02/06/08 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/08 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/08/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/08 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/18/08 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N 1-A)