Bill Text: VA HB981 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Dead or missing child; failure by parent, etc., to report, penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB981 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB981-Prefiled.html
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12100663D 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 or missing child by parent, guardian, etc.; penalty. A. 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. B. Any parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a missing child or a person standing in loco parentis to a missing child who, with intent to conceal the fact that the child is missing, fails to report or cause to be reported to the local law-enforcement agency or the State Police that the child is missing within 24 hours of his discovery of the fact 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 cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 874 of the Acts of Assembly of 2010 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.
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