Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2235
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, (iii) kidnapping, (iv) assaults and bodily woundings, (v) extortion, or (vi) criminal sexual assault. 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: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 5, 2019
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Jeffrey Bourne (D); Lamont Bagby (D); Kaye Kory (D); Mark Levine (D); David Reid (D); Marcus Simon (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 6% (6 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 5, 2019 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 8, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103273D |
| House | Jan 8, 2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 8, 2019 | 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
