Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1297
Legislation Overview
Title: Stalking; penalty.
Description: Stalking; penalty. Provides that a person who on more than one occasion maliciously engages in conduct directed at another person that would cause a reasonable person to suffer severe emotional distress with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass, or when he knows or reasonably should know that the conduct will coerce, intimidate, or harass the other person is guilty of stalking, a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 24, 2015
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Donald McEachin;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 24, 2015 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Feb 18, 2015 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote |
| House | Feb 9, 2015 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2015 | Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 15-N) |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2015 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1297S1 |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2015 | Read second time |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104340D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104340D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (7-Y 6-N 1-A) |
| Senate | Jan 14, 2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101603D |
| Senate | Jan 14, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 28, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 14, 2015 | 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
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (7-Y 6-N 1-A)
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 15-N)
Link: link to state bill page
