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2018 SESSION

18101507D
HOUSE BILL NO. 745
House Amendments in [ ] -- February 8, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adultery; civil penalty.
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Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Leftwich
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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 § 18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-365. Adultery defined; penalty.

Any person, being married, who voluntarily shall have has sexual intercourse with any person not his or her spouse shall be is guilty of adultery, punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor and is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $250, which shall be payable to the Literary Fund. [ Any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons for a violation of this section. ]