Bill Text: VA HB1951 | 2021 | 1st Special Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Suicide; abolishes the common-law crime.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-02-17 - Failed to report (defeated) in Judiciary (5-Y 10-N) [HB1951 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-HB1951-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 1951
Offered January 13, 2021
Prefiled January 11, 2021
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section
numbered 18.2-16.1, relating to abolishing the common-law crime of suicide.
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Patrons-- Simon, Kory, Adams, D.M., Carr, Carter, Coyner, Guy, Guzman, Hope, Hurst, Keam, Levine, Mugler, Mundon King, Murphy, Plum, Price, Rasoul, Reid, Roem, Samirah, Simonds, Subramanyam and Watts; Senator: Boysko
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Patrons-- Simon, Kory, Adams, D.M., Carr, Carter, Coyner, Guy, Guzman, Hope, Hurst, Keam, Levine, Mugler, Mundon King, Murphy, Plum, Price, Rasoul, Reid, Roem, Samirah, Simonds, Subramanyam and Watts; Senator: Boysko
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-16.1 as follows:
§ 18.2-16.1. Common-law crime of suicide abolished.
The common-law crime of suicide is hereby abolished.
