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2010 SESSION

10102708D
HOUSE BILL NO. 744
Offered January 13, 2010
Prefiled January 12, 2010
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-57.03, relating to bullying at school punishable as assault and battery.
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Patrons-- Cleaveland and Griffith
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-57.03 as follows:

 § 18.2-57.03. Bullying at school punishable as assault and battery.

Any person who engages in the bullying, harassment, and intimidation of a student on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity shall be subject to punishment for assault pursuant to § 18.2-57.

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