Virginia House Bill 2074 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 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 and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness; penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assault and battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability, or serious mental illness shall not be subject to a mandatory minimum punishment if the court finds that the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability. Under current law, certain simple assault and battery offenses carry a mandatory minimum punishment when such offenses are committed against certain groups of people, including judges, law-enforcement officers, first responders, school employees, and health care providers. Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness; penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assault and battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability, or serious mental illness shall not be subject to a mandatory minimum punishment if the court finds that the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability. Under current law, certain simple assault and battery offenses carry a mandatory minimum punishment when such offenses are committed against certain groups of people, including judges, law-enforcement officers, first responders, school employees, and health care providers.

Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability.

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102115D

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+HB2074
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2074+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2074F122+PDF