VA SB1200 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-18 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Killing or injuring police animals; penalty. Requires a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of six months for any person who maliciously kills or injures an animal owned, used, or trained by a law-enforcement agency, a regional jail, or the Department of Corrections while such animal is performing its lawful duties or is being kept in a kennel, pen, or stable while off duty. The bill also provides that such punishment be separate and apart from, and be made to run consecutively with, any other sentence.

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Title

Police animals; killing or injuring, penalty.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) (Y: 8 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-01-18SenatePassed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 5-N)
2023-01-10SenateReferred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-10SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102177D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
182144.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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