VA HB415 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Certain gender-specific crimes; penalty. Makes applicable to all persons, regardless of the gender of the victim, the crimes of (i) assisting or aiding in the abduction of or threatening to abduct a female under 16 years of age for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution, (ii) placing or leaving one's wife in a bawdy place, and (iii) defaming the chaste character of a female. The bill also provides that a defendant placed on probation may be ordered to provide support for the defendant's spouse; currently, the law only provides for support of a defendant's wife.
Title
Gender-specific crimes, certain; penalty.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2018-02-15 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
2018-01-05 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2018-01-05 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101296D |
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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18 | 2 | 368 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 417 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 49 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
19 | 2 | 305 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB415 |
Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB415+hil |