Virginia House Bill 288 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Punishment for stalking; penalty. Clarifies the number of instances of stalking behavior necessary for conviction of multiple offenses of stalking, and provides that a person may be convicted of stalking for a singular instance of stalking behavior when the behavior is accompanied by verbal threats of sexual assault, bodily injury, or death. The measure also creates a felony offense of stalking for engaging in stalking behavior after having been previously convicted of a family assault and battery within five years prior to the stalking behavior. The measure also resets the time period within which a person may be convicted of felony stalking to be based upon the period during which the offenses were committed, rather than the period during which the convictions were had.

Stalking; penalty.

Del. Morgan Griffith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2010-01-11		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100160D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB288
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB288+hil