Virginia House Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-02-03 - House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB854-Morefield) by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Self-defense and defense of others. Provides that any person who lawfully occupies a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when the other person has unlawfully entered the dwelling, has committed an overt act toward the occupant or another person in the dwelling, and the occupant reasonably believes he or another person in the dwelling is in imminent danger of bodily injury. The bill also provides that a person who uses justifiable force against an intruder shall be immune from civil liability for injuries or death of the other person.

Self-defense; person who lawfully occupies dwelling may use degree of force against an intruder.

Del. Daniel Marshall [R]

Del. Donald Merricks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-03		House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB854-Morefield) by voice vote
2010-02-01		House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB854-Morefield) by voice vote
2010-01-27		House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB854-Morefield) by voice vote
2010-01-15		House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2010-01-11		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100847D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	91.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB251
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB251+hil