Virginia House Bill 2356 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Stalking; enhanced penalties. Provides that any person who commits a second or subsequent offense of stalking within five years of a conviction of a prior offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, the Class 6 felony applies for a third or subsequent offense. The bill also provides that any person who commits an offense of stalking when, at the time of the offense, there is in effect any court order prohibiting contact between the defendant and the victim or the victim's family or household member is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Stalking; enhanced penalties.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-08		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2011-02-01		House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2011-01-12		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2011-01-12		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11102755D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.1:4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	60.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB2356
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB2356+hil