Bill Text: VA HB1936 | 2021 | 1st Special Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Robbery; penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534) [HB1936 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-HB1936-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-58 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-58. Robbery; penalties.
If any A. For the purposes of this section,
"serious bodily injury" means the same as that term is defined in §
18.2-51.4.
B. Any person commit who commits robbery
by partial strangulation, or suffocation, or by striking or beating, or by
other violence to the person, or by assault or otherwise putting a person in
fear of serious bodily harm, or by the threat or presenting of firearms, or
other deadly weapon or instrumentality whatsoever, he shall be is
guilty of a felony and shall be punished by confinement in a state
correctional facility for life or any term not less than five years as
follows:
1. Any person who commits robbery and causes serious bodily injury to or the death of any other person is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
2. Any person who commits robbery by using or displaying a firearm, as defined in §18.2-308.2:2, in a threatening manner is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
3. Any person who commits robbery by using physical force not resulting in serious bodily injury or by using or displaying a deadly weapon other than a firearm in a threatening manner is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
4. Any person who commits robbery by using threat or intimidation or any other means not involving a deadly weapon is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.