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Senate Committee on Courts of Justice

Chairman: Thomas K. Norment, Jr.

Clerk: Hobie Lehman, Tyler Trumbo
Staff: J. French, M. Felch, K. Walsh
Date of Meeting: January 25, 2013
Time and Place: 8 AM / Senate Room A

S.B. 763

Patron: Edwards

Publication of unlawful photographs; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person to publish on the Internet a photograph or video made in violation of the current law prohibiting filming, videotaping, or photographing a nonconsenting person in certain situations where there is an expectation of privacy.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-386.1 and 19.2-249.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to publication of images resulting from unlawful videotaping or photographing of another; venue; penalty.

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S.B. 1032

Patron: Reeves

Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration. Adds to the list of offenses that require a person to register on the Sex Offender Registry any similar offense under the common law or codified law in effect at the time of the person's offense to those offenses that already require registration.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 9.1-902 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration.

13101614D

S.B. 1033

Patron: Reeves

Juvenile correctional centers; penalties. Imposes the same penalties for offenses committed by persons confined in a juvenile correctional center as currently exist for persons who commit such offenses in an adult facility. The bill provides that the punishment for committing an assault and battery against a person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of persons in the custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement. Under current law, this provision applies to employees of the Department of Corrections.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-48.1, 18.2-57, 18.2-431.1, 18.2-473.1, 18.2-474, 18.2-474.1, 18.2-475, 18.2-476, and 18.2-477.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to offenses committed by persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in juvenile correctional centers; penalties.

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S.B. 1130

Patron: Norment

Incest; definitions of parent, etc.; penalty. Provides that for the purposes of the crime of incest parent includes step-parent, grandparent includes step-grandparent, child includes step-child, and grandchild includes step-grandchild.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-366 of the Code of Virginia, relating to incest; definition of parent, etc.; penalty.

13103158D

S.B. 1272

Patron: Norment

Felony DUI; penalty. Provides that any person convicted of a felony DUI offense (including DUI manslaughter and DUI maiming, by motor vehicle or watercraft) is guilty of a Class 6 felony for any subsequent DUI conviction and subject to the same driver's license revocation provision as for a third or subsequent DUI conviction within 10 years, which means that the person can petition for reinstatement of his driver's license five years after the date of his last conviction.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-270, 18.2-271, and 46.2-391 of the Code of Virginia, relating to penalty for driving while intoxicated; subsequent offense; license revocation; penalty.

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