Virginia House Bill 522 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 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]

Safe reporting of criminal sexual assault. Establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for (i) simple possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or controlled paraphernalia; (ii) intoxication in public; or (iii) the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol if such individual reports to a law-enforcement officer that he was the victim of or witness to a criminal sexual assault that occurred concurrently with the conduct listed in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) if the evidence for the charge was obtained as a result of the individual reporting the criminal sexual assault. The bill provides that no individual may assert this affirmative defense if the emergency medical attention sought or obtained was during the execution of a search warrant or during the conduct of a lawful search or a lawful arrest. The bill provides further that no disciplinary action, including expulsion, shall be taken against a student for any conduct involving alcohol, marijuana, a controlled substance, or an imitation controlled substance on a school bus, school property, or at a school-sponsored activity if, concurrent to such conduct, the student was a victim of or witness to a criminal sexual assault.

Criminal sexual assault; establishes safe reporting.

Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Debra Rodman [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2018-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 2-N)
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101280D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	251.04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	277	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB522
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB522+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0801V0119+HB0522