Bill Text: VA SB1621 | 2019 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Assault and battery against a family or household member; enhanced penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-06 - Left in Finance [SB1621 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1621-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-57.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-57.2. Assault and battery against a family or household member; penalty.
A. Any person who commits an assault and battery against a family or household member is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. Upon a conviction for assault and battery against a family
or household member, where it is alleged in the warrant, petition, information,
or indictment on which a person is convicted, that such person has been
previously convicted of two offenses an offense that occurred within
a period of 20 years of the instant offense against a family or household
member of (i) assault and battery against a family or household member in
violation of this section, (ii) malicious wounding or unlawful wounding in
violation of §18.2-51, (iii) aggravated malicious wounding in violation of §
18.2-51.2, (iv) malicious bodily injury by means of a substance in violation of
§18.2-52, (v) strangulation in violation of §18.2-51.6, or (vi) an offense
under the law of any other jurisdiction which has the same elements of any of
the above offenses, in any combination, all of which occurred within a
period of 20 years, and each of which occurred on a different date, such
person is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
C. Whenever a warrant for a violation of this section is issued, the magistrate shall issue an emergency protective order as authorized by §16.1-253.4, except if the defendant is a minor, an emergency protective order shall not be required.
D. The definition of "family or household member" in §16.1-228 applies to this section.
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 is $14,978,224 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.