Bill Text: VA HB1071 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Profane swearing in public; removes the crime from Code.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160) [HB1071 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB1071-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-388 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-388. Intoxication in public; penalty; transportation of public inebriates to detoxification center.
If any person profanely curses or swears or is
intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic
drug, or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be
deemed is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. In any area in which
there is located a court-approved detoxification center, a
law-enforcement officer may authorize the transportation, by police or
otherwise, of public inebriates to such detoxification center in lieu of
arrest; however, no person shall be involuntarily detained in such center.
