VA HB1368 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks; penalty. Provides that every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2024, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any area of a state park where he knows or has reason to know that children are present. A violation is a Class 6 felony.

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Title

Sex offenses; prohibiting proximity to children in state parks, penalty.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-13HouseLeft in Courts of Justice
2024-01-15HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-15HousePresented and ordered printed 24104107D

Same As/Similar To

SB666 (Similar To) 2024-01-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
182370.2(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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