VA HB475 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Protective orders; petition; human trafficking and sex trafficking; penalty. Adds to the definitions of "family abuse" and "act of violence, force, or threat" used in the protective order provisions that acts of violence, force, or threat include acts in furtherance of human trafficking or commercial sex trafficking. The bill also allows a minor to petition for a protective order on his own behalf without the consent of a parent or guardian and without doing so by next friend.
Title
Protective orders; human trafficking and sex trafficking, penalty.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-15 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2022-01-11 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2022-01-11 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101278D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | 228 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 1 | 279.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 152.7:1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
