Virginia House Bill 321 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-12 - House: Left in Courts of Justice

Assault or an assault and battery upon any juvenile correctional officer. Provides that an assault or an assault and battery upon any juvenile correctional officer or other person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of juveniles who are in a juvenile correctional facility, in a secure juvenile detention facility, or in a secure facility operated by or under contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice is a Class 6 felony. This bill expands the class of individuals for whom, if they are victims of an assault, there is a greater penalty for the crime.

Juvenile correctional officer; assault or an assault and battery upon is Class 6 felony.

Del. Clifford Athey [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]	Del. James Massie [R]
Del. Donald Merricks [R]	Del. Christopher Saxman [R]	Del. Beverly Sherwood [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-02-12		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2008-01-04		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-04		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087724712

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB321