Virginia House Bill 2106 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
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 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. 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. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

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 23102120D

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+HB2106
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2106+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2106F122+PDF