Virginia Senate Bill 32 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-13 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Corporal punishment of a child with an object; penalty. Provides that any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child under 18 years of age who uses an inanimate object to subject a child to corporal punishment, as defined in the bill, is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that a defendant not previously convicted of corporal punishment of a child with an object may have his charge deferred to enter a treatment program. The charge may be dismissed upon successful completion of the treatment program.

Corporal punishment of a child with an object; penalty.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2020-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-13	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2019-11-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2019-11-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100605D

SB32 (Carry Over) 2020-01-13 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	371.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB32
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB32+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0022+SB0032