VA SB208 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-04 - Left in Finance
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Grand larceny and property injury; health and safety made an element of crimes where coal mine damaged; trespass; penalty.Defines certain offenses against coal mine property as grand larceny, injury to property, or trespass. The bill provides that larceny from a coal mine of any thing valued at $100 or more whose removal affects the health or safety of another constitutes grand larceny. The existing penalty for grand larceny is imprisonment for up to 20 years, or, in the discretion of the jury or the court, confinement in jail for up to one year and a fine of up to $2,500, either or both. The bill provides that intentional injury to property located at a coal mine where such damage is valued at more than $100 is a felony punishable by a fine of $3,000 to $10,000 or imprisonment for one to three years, or both, while unauthorized entry upon a coal mine property is expressly listed among the acts that may constitute a trespass. The bill contains technical amendments.

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Title

Grand larceny & property injury; health & safety made an element of crimes where coal mine damaged.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2014-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2015 in Finance (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2014-12-04SenateLeft in Finance
2014-02-04SenateContinued to 2015 in Finance (17-Y 0-N)
2014-01-20SenateRereferred to Finance
2014-01-20SenateCommittee substitute printed 14104234D-S1
2014-01-20SenateReported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2014-01-03SenateReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-03SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100432D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1521812.1(n/a)See Bill Text
182119(n/a)See Bill Text
182137(n/a)See Bill Text
18295(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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