Assault and battery; public transportation service vehicle operators, penalty. [HB-2330]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Assault and battery; public transportation service vehicle operators; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is an operator of a vehicle operated by a public transportation service who is engaged in the performance of his duties. The bill requires the sentence of such person, upon conviction, to prohibit such person from entering or riding in any vehicle operated by the public transportation service that employed such operator for a period of
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HB-2330: Assault and battery; public transportation service vehicle operators, penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0549) on 03/26/2023
Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability. [SB-1272]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness; penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assault and battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability or developmental disability, or serious mental illness shall not be subject to a mandatory minimum punishment if the court finds that the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder
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SB-1272: Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/22/2023
Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability. [HB-2074]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness; penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assault and battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability, or serious mental illness shall not be subject to a mandatory minimum punishment if the court finds that the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability. Under
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HB-2074: Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Firearms; purchase, etc., following an assault and battery against person in dating relationship. [HB-2070]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm following an assault and battery against a person in a dating relationship with the alleged offender, penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2023, for the offense of assault and battery against a person in a dating relationship, as defined in the bill, with the alleged offender or an offense substantially similar under the laws of any other
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HB-2070: Firearms; purchase, etc., following an assault and battery against person in dating relationship.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement. [HB-2106]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer; arrest and prosecution of individual experiencing a mental health emergency. Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for an assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer if at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual (a) is experiencing a mental health emergency or (b) meets the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order pursuant to § 37.2-808 and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault
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HB-2106: Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Assault and battery against a family or household member; prior conviction, second offense sentence. [HB-2079]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Assault and battery against a family or household member; prior conviction; second offense. Provides that 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 an offense that occurred within a period of 10 years of the instant offense against a family or household member of (i) assault and battery against a family or household member, (ii) malicious wounding or unlawful
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HB-2079: Assault and battery against a family or household member; prior conviction, second offense sentence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Human services workers; assault and battery, penalty. [HB-2241]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Assault and battery of human services workers; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to commit a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a human services worker who is engaged in the performance of his duties. The bill requires that, upon conviction, such individual's sentence shall include 15 days in jail, two days of which shall be a mandatory minimum. The bill defines "human services worker" as any full-time or part-time employee of a human resources agency, as defined in § 15.2-964, or of a political
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HB-2241: Human services workers; assault and battery, penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Turner Willett
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement. [HB-1561]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer; arrest and prosecution of individual experiencing a mental health emergency. Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for an assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer if at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual (a) is experiencing a mental health emergency or (b) meets the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order pursuant to § 37.2-808 and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault
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HB-1561: Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, etc. [SB-453]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mental illness; penalties. Provides that any person charged with a simple assault and battery offense who has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist with an autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability, or serious mental illness and the violation was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability shall not be subject to mandatory minimum punishment. Under current law, certain
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SB-453: Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/08/2022
Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement. [HB-613]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Arrest and prosecution of individual experiencing a mental health emergency; assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer. Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for an assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer if at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual (a) is experiencing a mental health emergency or (b) meets the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault or assault and battery
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HB-613: Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
Assault and battery; penalties when committed against certain persons. [HB-366]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Assault and battery; penalties. Provides that a simple assault or an assault and battery committed against a judge, magistrate, law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of inmates, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter or emergency medical services personnel by a juvenile who has not been previously convicted of or proceeded against informally or adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently,
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HB-366: Assault and battery; penalties when committed against certain persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member. [HB-1992]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms following conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery of a family or household member, as defined in the bill, from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The prohibition expires three years after the date of conviction, at which point the person's firearms rights are restored, unless he receives another disqualifying conviction. A person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty
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HB-1992: Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0555) on 04/15/2021
Assault and battery; penalty. [SB-1306]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Assault and battery; penalty. Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months for an assault and battery committed against a judge, magistrate, law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of inmates, firefighter or volunteer firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel. The bill removes simple assault from enhanced punishment and provides that the enhanced punishment applies for assault and battery only when it results in bodily injury. The bill also provides
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SB-1306: Assault and battery; penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott A. Surovell
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/01/2021