VA SB721 | 2016 | Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill 721 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Protective orders; civil penalty. Assesses a $50 civil penalty upon a protective order respondent for protective orders issued under the Code sections that allow a protective order to be issued for up to two years. The civil penalty shall be paid into the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund and used for the creation and maintenance of local domestic violence shelters.

Title

Protective orders; assesses civil penalty.

Roll Calls

2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-01	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
2016-01-22	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-22	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 16104256D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	279.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	152.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	116.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB721
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB721+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0160+SB0721