Bill Text: VA SB610 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Adultery; reduces Class 4 misdemeanor to a civil penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (5-Y 9-N) [SB610 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-SB610-Prefiled.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 610
Offered January 10, 2018
Prefiled January 10, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-365 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to adultery; civil penalty.
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Patron-- Surovell
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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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.
