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HOUSE BILL NO. 867 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 7, 2020 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-1616, relating to shelters for victims of domestic violence; population served. ---------- Patron-- Freitas ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-1616 as follows:

§ 63.2-1616. Shelters for victims of domestic violence; population served.

A shelter for victims of domestic violence  may be established for the purpose of providing services to individuals of a single sex and may exclude individuals who are not of that sex from the registered shelter.