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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1335

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Legislation Overview

Title: Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.

Description: Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies; penalty. Authorizes a court to issue a protective order upon convicting a defendant for a felony offense of (i) violating a protective order, (ii) homicide set forth in Article 1 (§18.2-30 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, (iii) kidnapping set forth in Article 3 (§18.2-47 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, (iv) assaults and bodily woundings set forth in Article 4 (§18.2-51 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, (v) extortion set forth in Article 6 (§18.2-59 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, or (vi) criminal sexual assault set forth in Article 7 (§18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2. The bill provides that the duration of such protective order can be for any period of time, including up to the lifetime of the defendant, that the court deems necessary to protect the health and safety of the victim and may only prohibit (a) acts of family abuse or of violence, force, or threat against the victim or criminal offenses that may result in injury to the person or property of the victim and (b) such contacts by the defendant with the victim as the court deems necessary for the health or safety of the victim. The bill provides that a violation of a protective order issued upon conviction of one of the enumerated offenses is punishable as contempt of court or in the same manner as criminal violations of other protective orders are punished.

Session: 2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice

Last Action Date: February 15, 2018

Sponsors

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10 sponsors: Jeffrey Bourne (D); Lamont Bagby (D); Karrie Delaney (D); Mark Levine (D); Alfonso Lopez (D); Michael Mullin (D); Kenneth Plum (D); Sam Rasoul (D); Marcus Simon (D); Vivian Watts (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 10% (10 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 15, 2018 Left in Courts of Justice
House Jan 10, 2018 Presented and ordered printed 18104108D
House Jan 10, 2018 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 10, 2018 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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