Bill Text: VA HB793 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Persons on conditional release; tracking device, penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB793 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB793-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §37.2-918 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§37.2-918. Persons on conditional release leaving Commonwealth; penalty.
Any person placed on conditional release pursuant to this
chapter who (i) leaves the Commonwealth
without permission from the court that conditionally released the person or; (ii)
fails to return to the Commonwealth in violation of a court order shall be; or
(iii) alters, removes, or destroys any Global Positioning System (GPS)
tracking device, or other similar device placed on such person as a condition
of conditional release, 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 cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 854 of the Acts of Assembly of 2019 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
