VA HB5138 | 2020 | 1st Special Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 26 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on August 26 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Intentional injury to property or a monument or memorial; penalty. Reduces from a Class 6 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor the penalty for damages of $1,000 or more for the crime of intentional injury or destruction of (i) any property, real or personal, not his own or (ii) a monument or memorial for war veterans, a monument erected to mark the site of an engagement fought during the Civil War, or a memorial to designate the boundary of a city, town, or tract of land.
Title
Intentional injury to property or a monument or memorial; reduces penalty.
Sponsors
| Del. Lee Carter [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-09 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2020-08-26 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2020-08-26 | House | Presented and ordered printed 20200904D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5138 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5138+hil |
