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2022 SESSION
HB 451 Stalking; venue, penalty.
Introduced by: Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Stalking; venue; penalty. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a stalking charge in the jurisdiction where the person resided at the time of such stalking. The bill also provides that evidence of any conduct that occurred outside the Commonwealth may be admissible, if relevant, in any prosecution for stalking. Currently, such evidence is admissible as long as the prosecution is based upon conduct occurring within the Commonwealth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103062D pdf | impact statements
- 02/23/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106970D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/09/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22107704D-S2 (Morrissey) pdf
- 03/09/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22107723D-S3 (Morrissey) pdf | impact statements
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB451ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103062D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/09/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/22 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/22 House: Read first time
- 02/14/22 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/15/22 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/23/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/23/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106970D-S1
- 02/23/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/02/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/08/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/09/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22107704D-S2 (Morrissey)
- 03/09/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22107723D-S3 (Morrissey)
- 03/09/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/22 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 22106970D-S1
- 03/09/22 Senate: Substitute by Senator Morrissey withdrawn 22107704D-S2
- 03/09/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/09/22 Senate: Substitute by Senator Morrissey agreed to 22107723D-S3
- 03/09/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB451S3
- 03/09/22 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 House: Passed by temporarily
- 03/10/22 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107723D-S3 (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB451ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/08/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 276 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/08/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276)