Virginia House Bill 944 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Picketing or disrupting tranquility of home; exceptions eliminated. Removes from the crime of picketing or disrupting tranquility of home the exceptions for (i) the picketing in a lawful manner of the place of employment involved in a labor dispute, (ii) the picketing in a lawful manner of a construction site, and (iii) the holding a meeting or assembly on premises commonly used for the discussion of subjects of general public interest. The bill also clarifies that any court authorized to award injunctions may enjoin prohibited conduct related to such crime and may award damages against any person found guilty of such crime.

Picketing or disrupting tranquility of home; exceptions eliminated.

Del. Daniel Marshall [R]

2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (7-Y 0-N)
2020-02-02	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101091D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	419	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB944
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB944+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0100+HB0944