Virginia Senate Bill 1272 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness; penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assault and battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability or developmental disability, or serious mental illness shall not be subject to a mandatory minimum punishment if the court finds that the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability. Under current law, certain simple assault and battery offenses carry a mandatory minimum punishment when such offenses are committed against certain groups of people, including judges, law-enforcement officers, first responders, school employees, and health care providers.

Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2023-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 5-N) (Y: 3 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 5-N)
2023-02-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 4-N)
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101068D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	57	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1272
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1272+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1272F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0144+SB1272
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0241SB1272+SB1272
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0329SB1272+SB1272
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0230+SB1272