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SENATE BILL NO. 418 Offered January 22, 1996 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-57.1:1, relating to disarming a law-enforcement officer; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Goode ---------- Referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-57.1:1 as follows:

§ 18.2-57.1:1. Disarming a law-enforcement officer.

Any person who removes a firearm from the possession of another or deprives another of the use of a firearm, knowing or having reason to know that the other person is a law-enforcement officer engaged in his duties as such, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is