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SENATE BILL NO. 495 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice on February 11, 1996) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Earley) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-32.1, relating to murder of unborn; penalty.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-32.1 as follows:

§ 18.2-32.1. Murder of unborn.

The willful, deliberate and premeditated killing of a conceived, unborn but viable human offspring of another female, other than by lawful abortion, with intent to cause the death of that unborn offspring or the death of any other person, is murder in the first degree. If such killing is accomplished without premeditation, it is murder in the second degree.

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 for this bill as introduced was $0.