VA SB528 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth; unfaithful delegates to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States; penalties. Provides that a delegate or interim delegate to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States may not vote or otherwise act beyond the authority granted in his commission, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that a delegate or interim delegate who exceeds the scope of his authority is guilty of a Class 5 felony. The bill also provides that any individual who knowingly bribes, threatens, intimidates, or unlawfully obstructs or attempts to bribe, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully obstruct any delegate or interim delegate to the such convention is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth; unfaithful delegates to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States; penalties. Provides that a delegate or interim delegate to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States may not vote or otherwise act beyond the authority granted in his commission, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that a delegate or interim delegate who exceeds the scope of his authority is guilty of a Class 5 felony. The bill also provides that any individual who knowingly bribes, threatens, intimidates, or unlawfully obstructs or attempts to bribe, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully obstruct any delegate or interim delegate to the such convention is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
Title
Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth, unfaithful delegates to a convention.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104952D |
