Virginia House Bill 982 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-03 - House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Crimes against incapacitated adults; penalty. Provides that any person who commits an offense set forth in Chapter 4 (crimes against the person), Chapter 5 (crimes against property), or Chapter 6 (crimes involving fraud) of Title 18.2 knowing or having reason to know that the victim of the offense is an incapacitated adult is guilty of a separate and distinct Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill adds that if the offender is a person responsible for the care of the victim, punishment shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 30 days if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor and a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months if the underlying offense is a felony.

Crimes against incapacitated adults; penalty.

Del. James Scott [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-03		House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2012-02-03		House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2012-02-01		House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB987-Loupassi) by voice vote
2012-02-01		House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100665D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	504.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB982
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB982+hil