Virginia House Bill 1561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer; arrest and prosecution of individual experiencing a mental health emergency. Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for an assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer if at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual (a) is experiencing a mental health emergency or (b) meets the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order pursuant to § 37.2-808 and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault or assault and battery was responding to a call for service requesting assistance for such individual. The bill provides that no law-enforcement officer acting in good faith shall be found liable for false arrest if it is later determined that the person arrested was immune from prosecution.

Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102003D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	57	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1561
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1561+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1561F122+PDF