Virginia House Bill 844 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Hate crimes; homeless persons; penalty. Adds homeless persons to the categories of persons who may seek injunctive relief or file an action for damages for harassment, etc., based on their status. The bill also adds homeless persons to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a "hate crime" involving assault or trespass amplifies the Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony penalty. The bill also adds homeless persons to the definition of "hate crime" for purposes of a central repository of information regarding hate crimes maintained by the State Police.

Homeless persons; may file an action for damages for harassment, etc.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2010-01-13		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-13		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100770D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	121	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	57	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	42.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	49.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB844
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB844+hil