Virginia Senate Bill 234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Operating a vehicle or vessel containing a false compartment; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person to (i) own or operate a vehicle or vessel containing a false or secret compartment; (ii) install, create, build, or fabricate in any vehicle or vessel a false or secret compartment; or (iii) sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of any vehicle or vessel containing a false or secret compartment. The bill defines a "false or secret compartment" as any enclosure that is integrated into or attached to a vehicle or vessel, the purpose of which is to conceal, hide, or prevent the discovery of a person, controlled substance, or other contraband.

Operating a vehicle or vessel containing a false compartment; penalty.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2014-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2015 in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-04	Senate	Left in Courts of Justice
2014-01-20	Senate	Continued to 2015 in Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
2014-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103184D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	323.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB234
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB234+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S03C0059+SB0234