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SENATE BILL NO. 939 Offered January 16, 1997 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-67.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sexual battery; penalty. ----------
Patrons-- Couric, Edwards, Gartlan, Howell, Lucas, Marsh, Quayle, Reasor, Reynolds, Saslaw, Stolle, Ticer, Whipple and Williams; Delegates: Bennett, Crittenden, Davies, Deeds, Jones, J.C., Katzen, Keating, Melvin, Rhodes and Watts
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 18.2-67.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-67.4. Sexual battery.

A. An accused shall be guilty of sexual battery if he or she sexually abuses the complaining witness against the will of or contrary to the intent of the complaining witness, by force, threat or, intimidation or ruse, or through the use of the complaining witness's mental incapacity or physical helplessness.

B. Sexual battery is a Class 1 misdemeanor.