VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2023 SESSION

• history | hilite | pdf | print version

23103542D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2015 Offered January 11, 2023 Prefiled January 10, 2023 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-419.1, relating to unlawful picketing or parading to obstruct or influence justice; penalty. ----------
Patrons-- Adams, L.R., Avoli, Bloxom, Brewer, Byron, Campbell, E.H., Edmunds, Fariss, Freitas, Head, Marshall, McGuire, Robinson, Runion, Tata, Wachsmann, Walker and Wright
---------- 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 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-419.1 as follows:

§ 18.2-419.1. Unlawful picketing or parading to obstruct or influence justice; penalty.

A. Any person who, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing or intimidating in the discharge of his duty any judge, juror, witness, court officer, or court employee, of any court of the Commonwealth or any other state, the District of Columbia, or the United States or any territory thereof, pickets or parades in or near a residence occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness, court officer, or court employee, or any immediate family member of such judge, juror, witness, court officer, or court employee, or with such intent uses any sound truck, bullhorn, or similar device, or resorts to any other demonstration of any kind in or near any such residence, whether or not such residence is occupied or believed to be occupied at the time that the picket, parade, or other demonstration takes place, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of § 19.2-74 shall not apply to any arrest of any person who violates this section in the presence of the arresting officer, or whom the arresting officer has reasonable grounds or probable cause to suspect of having violated this section not in the presence of the arresting officer.