VA HB42 | 2018 | Regular Session

Virginia House Bill 42 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on November 29 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Common-law crime of suicide. Abolishes the common-law crime of suicide. Suicide is currently a common-law crime in Virginia, although there is no statutorily prescribed punishment.

Title

Suicide; abolishes common-law crime.

Roll Calls

2018-01-17 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 6-N) (Y: 2 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-12	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-01-17	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 6-N)
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-11-29	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-11-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101089D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	16.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB42
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB42+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0801V0004+HB0042