Subject Crimes and Offenses Generally | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | SB775 | Unemployment compensation; noncharging of overpayments; penalty for fraudulent claims. Provides that an employer shall not be relieved from a claimant's benefit charges relating to an overpayment of unemployment benefits when the employer has establi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0771) |
| VA | SB832 | Mandatory minimum sentences to be served consecutively; penalty. Provides that for certain crimes where a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment must be imposed on the guilty party, such sentence shall be served consecutively with any other sente... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774) |
| VA | SB1032 | Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration. Adds to the list of offenses that require a person to register on the Sex Offender Registry certain offenses comparable to those currently requiring registration wh... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781) |
| VA | SB1033 | Correctional centers; adult and juvenile; penalties. For selected offenses, imposes the same penalties for offenses committed by persons confined in a juvenile correctional center as currently exist for adult prisoners. Persons who deliver certain i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782) |
| VA | HB1862 | Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration. Adds to the list of offenses that require a person to register on the Sex Offender Registry certain offenses comparable to those currently requiring registration wh... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750) |
| VA | HB1707 | Unemployment compensation; notice penalty for fraud. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to provide claimants with notices of the sanctions to which a claimant is subject as a consequence of providing false or misleading statements to obtain ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740) |
| VA | HB1816 | Allowing child or incapacitated person to be present in methamphetamine manufactory; penalty. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly allows a child younger than 15 years of age or a mentally incapacitated or physically helpl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743) |
| VA | HB1850 | Assault and battery; local and regional correctional facility employees; penalty. Adds employees of local or regional correctional facilities to the enhanced penalty provision so that the assault and battery of such an officer who is engaged in the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0748) |
| VA | HB1833 | Reorganizing and recodifying the law related to carrying concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits. Reorganizes the existing §18.2-308 into a new Article 6.1 in Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. The new article creates separate, discrete sections t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746) |
| VA | SB1222 | Driving while texting; primary offense; increased penalties. Provides that driving while texting is a traffic infraction punishable, for a first offense, by a fine of $125 and, for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of $250. The current penalt... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790) |
| VA | HB1907 | Driving while texting; primary offense; increased penalties. Provides that driving while texting is a traffic infraction punishable, for a first offense, by a fine of $125 and, for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of $250. The current penal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752) |
| VA | HB2269 | Mandatory minimum sentences to be served consecutively; penalty. Provides that for certain crimes where a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment must be imposed on the guilty party, such sentence shall be served consecutively with any other sente... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761) |
| VA | HB2211 | Penalty for second offense of stalking. Provides that, upon conviction of a second offense of stalking occurring within five years of a prior conviction of such an offense, if such person was also convicted within the five-year period prior to the in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759) |
| VA | SB1083 | Synthetic cannabinoids; research chemicals; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code in previous years regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as "research chemicals" (previously referred to as "bath salts") ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785) |
| VA | SB1378 | Sale and transport for sale of firearms to certain persons; penalty. Provides that a person who engages in the "strawman" purchase of a firearm, where he purchases a firearm with the intent to resell or transport with the intent to resell outside of... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797) |
| VA | SB853 | Assault and battery of magistrate; penalty. Elevates the punishment for committing an assault and battery against a magistrate who is engaged in the performance of his public duties from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month man... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711) |
| VA | HB2065 | Correctional centers; adult and juvenile; penalties. For selected offenses, imposes the same penalties for offenses committed by persons confined in a juvenile correctional center as currently exist for adult prisoners. Persons who deliver certain it... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707) |
| VA | HB1927 | Emergency medical services personnel; penalty for assault and battery. Adds emergency medical services personnel members who are employed by or volunteers of an emergency medical services agency and engaged in the performance of their public duties t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698) |
| VA | SB1178 | Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward; duties of the State Inspector General. Reduces the minimum recovery required for an award from the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund from $10,000 to $5,000 and expands the purpos... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690) |
| VA | SB1264 | Freedom of Information Act; access to criminal and other records held by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. Reorganizes § 2.2-3706 of the Freedom of Information Act relating to access to criminal records and other reco... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695) |
| VA | SB870 | Criminal procedure; contempt appeal. Provides that a circuit judge shall, sitting without a jury, hear an appeal from a summary contempt judgment of the district court. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615) |
| VA | HB1679 | Concealed handgun permit; retired investigator of the State Lottery Department; exception. Provides an exception for a concealed handgun permit for a qualifying retired investigator of the security division of the State Lottery Department. The bill c... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559) |
| VA | HB1847 | Criminal street gang predicate offenses. Expands the definition of a predicate criminal act associated with gang activity to include the following crimes: murder, aggravated malicious wounding, reckless endangerment by throwing objects, strangulation... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573) |
| VA | SB969 | Lewd and lascivious cohabitation. Eliminates by repeal the crime of lewd and lascivious cohabitation by unmarried persons and the crime of open and gross lewdness and lasciviousness. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0621) |
| VA | SB1019 | Counterfeit cigarettes; penalties. Provides that any person who knowingly distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute counterfeit cigarettes where the amount is fewer than 10 cartons is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625) |
| VA | SB1020 | RICO; contraband cigarettes; penalties. Adds possession with intent to distribute tax-paid contraband cigarettes as a qualifying offense under the Virginia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626) |
| VA | HB1783 | Tax-paid contraband cigarettes; penalties. Increases the penalty for possession with intent to distribute more than 25 but fewer than 500 cartons of tax-paid cigarettes by a person other than an authorized holder from a Class 2 to a Class 1 misdemean... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567) |
| VA | HB1845 | Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward; duties of the State Inspector General. Reduces the minimum recovery required for an award from the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund from $10,000 to $5,000 and expands the purpos... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572) |
| VA | SB1017 | Tax-paid contraband cigarettes; penalties. Increases the penalty for possession with intent to distribute more than 25 but fewer than 500 cartons of tax-paid cigarettes by a person other than an authorized holder from a Class 2 to a Class 1 misdemean... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623) |
| VA | SB1128 | Impersonating a law-enforcement officer. Adds federal law-enforcement officers and any local, city, county, and state law-enforcement officers to the list of law-enforcement officers for which it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to falsely assume or exercis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638) |
| VA | SB1205 | Criminal street gang predicate offenses. Expands the definition of a predicate criminal act associated with gang activity to include the following crimes: murder, aggravated malicious wounding, reckless endangerment by throwing objects, strangulatio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645) |
| VA | SB1214 | Sentencing guidelines; definition of violent felony. Adds to the list of violent felonies: killing of a fetus, criminal street gang recruitment using force, strangulation of another, assault and battery when it is a hate crime, felony violation of a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647) |
| VA | SB1272 | Felony DUI; penalty. Provides that any person convicted of a felony DUI offense (including DUI manslaughter and DUI maiming, by motor vehicle or watercraft) is guilty of a Class 6 felony for any subsequent DUI conviction, that punishment includes a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655) |
| VA | SB1112 | DUI; exemplary damages. Provides that for the purpose of awarding exemplary damages in an action for personal injury or death arising from the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence, it shall be rebuttably presumed that the blood alco... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0636) |
| VA | HB2294 | Carnal knowledge of an inmate; expansion to include defendants on bond. Provides that an accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender if he (i) is an owner or employee of the bail bond company that posted the pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602) |
| VA | SB1335 | Nondisclosure of concealed handgun permit information. Prohibits the clerk of a circuit court who issued a concealed handgun permit from publicly disclosing an applicant's name and any other information contained in a concealed handgun permit applica... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0659) |
| VA | SB1363 | Transfer of firearms; residency of armed forces members. Provides that residency for members of the armed forces for the purpose of firearms purchases in the Commonwealth shall include both the member's permanent duty post and the nearby state in whi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662) |
| VA | HB1720 | Alcoholic beverage control; proof of legal age required. Provides that it is a Class 3 misdemeanor to sell alcoholic beverages to an individual under 21 years of age if the seller does not require the individual to present bona fide evidence of legal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562) |
| VA | HB1765 | Disqualification of voters; felons; procedure. Codifies the State Board of Elections current practice to check the monthly list of felony convictions received from the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE) against the registered voters maintained ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491) |
| VA | SB1004 | Landlord and tenant law; early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse or sexual assault. Provides that a tenant who is a victim of (i) family abuse, (ii) sexual abuse, or (iii) criminal sexual assault may terminate a rental agre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531) |
| VA | SB1144 | Conversion of leased property. Provides that failure to return leased property to the lessor within 30, as opposed to 10, days after written notice has been given that the rental period for the property has expired is prima facie evidence of the int... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536) |
| VA | HB2193 | Child abuse investigations; employees of school divisions. Expands the class of individuals whom a local department of social services must report to a local school board upon determination that a complaint alleging that such individual has committed... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506) |
| VA | HB1358 | Impersonating a law-enforcement officer. Adds federal law-enforcement officers and any local, city, county, and state law-enforcement officers to the list of law-enforcement officers for which it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to falsely assume or exercise... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0410) |
| VA | SB706 | Financial exploitation of incapacitated persons; penalty. Provides that it is unlawful for any person who knows or should know that another person suffers from mental incapacity to, through the use of that other person's mental incapacity, take, obta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452) |
| VA | SB811 | Filing fraudulent liens or encumbrances against the property of another; penalty. Provides that any person who maliciously files a fraudulent lien or encumbrance in a public record against the real or personal property of another, knowing that such l... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454) |
| VA | HB1559 | Felony DUI; penalty. Provides that any person convicted of a felony DUI offense (including DUI manslaughter and DUI maiming, by motor vehicle or watercraft) is guilty of a Class 6 felony for any subsequent DUI conviction, that punishment includes a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415) |
| VA | HB1582 | Armed security officers; protection of schools and child day centers. Permits any armed security officers licensed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services to carry firearms onto private or religious school property if such officer is hired by ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416) |
| VA | HB1606 | Prostitution; solicitation of a minor; penalty. Provides that, in addition to the current Class 1 misdemeanor punishment for solicitation of prostitution generally, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older is gu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417) |
| VA | HB1682 | Financial exploitation of incapacitated persons; penalty. Provides that it is unlawful for any person who knows or should know that another person suffers from mental incapacity to, through the use of that other person's mental incapacity, take, obta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0419) |
| VA | HB1981 | Use of electronic tracking devices; penalty. Provides that any person who installs or places an electronic tracking device through intentionally deceptive means and without consent and uses it to track the location of another person is guilty of a C... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0434) |
