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2014 SESSION

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HB 708 Assault and battery; family or household member.

Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Assault and battery against a family or household member. Adds unlawful wounding in violation of § 18.2-51 and strangulation in violation of § 18.2-51.6 to the list of offenses that, if a person has been previously convicted of two such offenses within a 20-year period and such offenses occurred on different dates, enhance the penalty of assault and battery against a family or household member from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/14  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102272D  pdf | impact statements
• 03/03/14  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB708ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/06/14  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0660)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/14  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102272D
• 01/07/14  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/30/14  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 01/31/14  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/14  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/03/14  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/14  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/05/14  House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/14  House: Read first time
• 02/10/14  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/11/14  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/14  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/14  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/12/14  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/24/14  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/14  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/25/14  Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/14  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/14  Senate: Read third time
• 02/26/14  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/14  House: Enrolled
• 03/03/14  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB708ER)
• 03/03/14  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/06/14  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/06/14  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 660 (effective 7/1/14)
• 04/06/14  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0660)