Bill Text: VA HB494 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Death of child; parent, guardian, etc., failure to report to local law-enforcement agency, etc.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB494 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB494-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 494 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-323.03, relating to failure to report a dead child; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Dance ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-323.03 as follows:

§18.2-323.03. Failure to report death of child by parent, guardian, etc.; penalty.

Any parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child or a person standing in loco parentis to a child who, with intent to conceal the death, fails to report or cause to be reported the death of the child not in the care of a health care provider to the local law-enforcement agency, the State Police, or an emergency health care provider within one hour of his discovery of the death 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, 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.