Assault and battery; persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability. [HB-2074]
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 Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services. [HB-2232]
State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for violence prevention services. The bill requires the Department of Health to recognize violence prevention professionals and approve an accrediting body to certify such professionals. The bill requires the Department of Health to post on its website when such violence prevention services may be provided and
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HB-2232: State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/07/2023
Firearm locks; required for sale or transfer of handguns, warning against accessibility to children. [HB-2078]
Firearm locks required for sale or transfer of handguns; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to any person (i) other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that handgun, or (ii) unless the handgun is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a label affixed
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HB-2078: Firearm locks; required for sale or transfer of handguns, warning against accessibility to children.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Civil action against parent; minor's possession and use of firearm. [HB-2227]
Civil action against parent; minor's possession and use of firearm. Creates a civil cause of action against a parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis of a minor for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful death resulting from the minor's possession and use of a firearm if it can be shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the minor came into possession of such firearm because of the failure of the civil defendant to reasonably secure the firearm.
HB-2227: Civil action against parent; minor's possession and use of firearm.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen 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]
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 Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy; protocol, information, training. [HB-2402]
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy; protocol; information; training. Requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to take certain actions upon the finding that an individual died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). The bill directs the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to publish information on SUDEP and a SUDEP death investigation form on its website. Additionally, the bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner and local medical examiners to complete training provided by the Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia. The bill has a delayed
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HB-2402: Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy; protocol, information, training.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2023
Newborn screening program; VDH & DGS, et al., to evaluate current funding model. [HB-2224]
Department of Health; Department of General Services; newborn screening program; funding; work group. Directs the Department of Health and the Department of General Services to convene a work group to evaluate the current funding model for the Commonwealth's newborn screening program. The bill directs the Departments to report their findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2023. Department of Health; Department of General Services; newborn screening program; funding; work group. Directs the Department of Health and the
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HB-2224: Newborn screening program; VDH & DGS, et al., to evaluate current funding model.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 386 (effective 7/1/23) on 03/23/2023