Bill Text: VA HB749 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Minors; abduction for purpose of prostitution, penalty.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB749 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB749-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§18.2-48 and 18.2-49 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-48. Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose.
Abduction (i) of any person with the intent to extort money or
pecuniary benefit, (ii) of any person with intent to defile such person, (iii)
of any child under sixteen years
of age minor
for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution, (iv) of any person for the
purpose of prostitution, or (v) of any minor for the purpose of manufacturing
child pornography shall be is punishable as a Class 2
felony. For the purposes of convicting a person for a
violation of clause (iii), the use of force, intimidation, or deception is not
an element of the crime of abduction. If the sentence
imposed for a violation of clause
(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) includes a term of confinement less than life
imprisonment, the judge shall impose, in addition to any active sentence, a
suspended sentence of no less than 40 years. This suspended sentence shall be
suspended for the remainder of the defendant's life subject to revocation by
the court.
§18.2-49. Threatening, attempting or assisting in such abduction.
Any person who (1) threatens, or attempts, to abduct any other
person with intent to extort money, or pecuniary benefit, or (2) assists or
aids in the abduction of, or threatens to abduct, any person with the intent to
defile such person, or (3) assists or aids in the abduction of, or threatens to
abduct, any female under sixteen
years of age minor
for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution, shall be guilty of a Class 5
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 cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 836 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
