Virginia House Bill 2241 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 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 of human services workers; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to commit a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a human services worker who is engaged in the performance of his duties. The bill requires that, upon conviction, such individual's sentence shall include 15 days in jail, two days of which shall be a mandatory minimum. The bill defines "human services worker" as any full-time or part-time employee of a human resources agency, as defined in § 15.2-964, or of a political subdivision or local government responsible for providing the same services.

Human services workers; assault and battery, penalty.

Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (7-Y 0-N)
2023-01-21	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102648D

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+HB2241
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2241+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2241F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0148+HB2241