Virginia House Bill 95 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on December 12 2017 - 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]

Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor; for any parent or guardian charged with the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation; or for any parent or guardian charged with the care of a minor to knowingly remove or cause of permit the removal of such minor from the Commonwealth for the purposes of performing such circumcision, excision, or infibulation.

Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty.

Del. Jason Miyares [R]

Del. Charles Poindexter [R]

Sen. Emily Brewer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-12-12	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-12-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101485D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	51.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB95
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB95+hil