Bill Text: VA HB1557 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled


Bill Title: Temporary injunction of contract for services; rape, forcible sodomy, or object sexual penetration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB1557 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-HB1557-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 1557
Offered January 11, 2017
Prefiled December 29, 2016
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-628.1, relating to temporary injunction of contract for services; rape, forcible sodomy, or object sexual penetration.
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Patron-- Krizek
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 8.01-628.1 as follows:

§ 8.01-628.1. Temporary injunction of contract for services; rape, forcible sodomy, or object sexual penetration.

In an action for a temporary injunction of a contract for services, where one party to such contract has been convicted of or has been found by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed (i) rape pursuant to subsection A of § 18.2-61, (ii) forcible sodomy pursuant to subsection A of §18.2-67.1, or (iii) object sexual penetration pursuant to subsection A of §18.2-67.2, against the other party to such contract, the court shall consider such a conviction or finding in assessing whether to grant such temporary injunction.

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