Bill Text: VA HB1443 | 2024 | Regular Session | Conference Sub

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Bill Title: Trial by jury; contact with jurors after trial prohibited, penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561) [HB1443 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB1443-Conference_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1443 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Joint Conference Committee on March 9, 2024) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Davis) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-465.2, relating to trial by jury; contact with jurors after trial prohibited; penalty.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-465.2 as follows:

§18.2-465.2. Contact with jurors after trial prohibited; penalty.

No defendant shall knowingly and intentionally contact, with the intent to harass, intimidate, or threaten, a juror regarding such juror's service as a juror after a jury trial. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.