Bill Text: VA HB745 | 2018 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Virginia House Bill 745 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Adultery; reduces penalty to a civil penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-19 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N) [HB745 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-HB745-Engrossed.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 745 House Amendments in [ ] -- February 8, 2018 A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adultery; civil penalty. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Leftwich ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§18.2-365. Adultery defined; penalty.

Any person, being married, who voluntarily ~~shall have~~ has sexual intercourse with any person not his ~~or her~~ spouse ~~shall be~~ is guilty of adultery~~, punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor~~ and is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $250, which shall be payable to the Literary Fund. [ Any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons for a violation of this section. ]