Virginia Senate Bill 5019 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on August 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-18 - Incorporated by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Assault and battery; penalty. Increases the penalty for committing an assault or an assault and battery against a judge; magistrate; law-enforcement officer; correctional officer; person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of inmates; firefighter; or volunteer firefighter or any emergency medical services personnel from a Class 6 felony with a mandatory term of confinement of six months to a Class 5 felony with a mandatory term of confinement of one year. The bill also provides that if such violation occurs during a state of emergency then such person is guilty of a Class 3 felony with a mandatory term of confinement of two years.

Assault and battery; penalty.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

2020-08-18 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-18	Senate	Incorporated by Judiciary
2020-08-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-08-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200191D

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?202+sum+SB5019
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5019+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S03V0003+SB5019