VA SB1203 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-01-20 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-01-20 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Hate crimes; associational relationships; penalty. Redefines the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense to include a person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religious conviction, national origin, gender, sex, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation or a person's actual or perceived association with another person or group of a certain actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religious conviction, national origin, gender, sex, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. The bill adds these categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involves malicious wounding and makes such crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than five years, nor more than 40 years. The bill also redefines these categories for the purposes of reporting hate crimes to the central repository of information maintained by the Virginia State Police, for civil actions to recover damages for vandalism, and for interactive computer service liability.
Title
Hate crimes; associational relationships, penalty.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2021-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-20 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N) |
| 2021-01-11 | Senate | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 2021-01-11 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102512D |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 2 | 121 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 51 | (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 |
