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Latest Action: 02/08/2008 - Continued to 2009 in Appropriations by voice vote Bill Text
Enhanced penalty for stalking of a minor. Providesthat if at the time of the offense of stalking, the victim is a minor and theoffender is 10 or more years older than the victim, the sentence imposed shallinclude a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 30 days. The bill alsoprovides that (i) for a second such conviction occurring within five years thepenalty shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 60 days and(ii) for a third conviction of stalking occurring within five years the penaltyshall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 90 days.
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote Bill Text
Fighting of cocks and other animals; penalty.Increases the penalty for engaging in the fighting of cocks or other animals,except dogs, from a Class 3 to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently, the penaltiesonly apply if (i) the fighting occurs for money, prizes, or anything of value, (ii)an admissions fee is charged, or (iii) wagering occurs. These conditions areremoved. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess, own, train,or sell cocks or other animals, except dogs, for fighting.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed: Sex offenses; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 1misdemeanor for any person 18 years of age or older to, with lascivious intent,kiss a child under the age of 13 on the mouth while knowingly and intentionallypenetrating the mouth of such child with his tongue. A convicted offender mustregister on the sex offender registry.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Rules Bill Text
Fraudulently assisting illegal aliens; penalty. Providesthat any person, knowing an individual is an alien in the United Statesunlawfully, who, with the intent to violate the immigration laws of the UnitedStates, fraudulently assists the illegal alien in acquiring or attempting toacquire a benefit, service, status, or privilege to which the illegal alien isnot lawfully entitled, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Transportation Bill Text
Reckless driving by speed. Reduces from 20 mph to 10mph the speed by which drivers of heavy trucks must exceed the posted speedlimit to be guilty of reckless driving.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed House: Department of Charitable Gaming; prohibited practices acts;bingo prize money. Allows qualified organizations to sell bingo cards andthe sheets used for bingo jackpot games with other bingo games. The billprovides, however that bingo jackpot cards and sheets must continue to beaccounted for separately than other bingo games.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Text
Definition of "school" for the purposes ofprohibiting weapons on school grounds. Defines "school" for thepurposes of prohibiting weapons on school grounds as any public school fromkindergarten through grade 12 operated under the authority of any localitywithin the Commonwealth, or any private or religious school that offersinstruction at any level or grade from kindergarten through grade 12. Currentlythe definition is limited to any elementary, middle, or secondary school.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Left in Rules Bill Text
Criminal procedure; admission to bail. Adds a presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bailany alien charged with a criminal offense who is in the United Statesillegally as verified by the Law Enforcement Support Center of theBureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United StatesDepartment of Homeland Security.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed House: Stolen property; criminal investigation. Provides thatif a person buys or receives any goods used in the course of a criminalinvestigation by law enforcement that the person believes are stolen, he isdeemed guilty of larceny of the goods.
Latest Action: 02/08/2008 - Failed to report Bill Text
Punishment for using emergency exit during larceny.Provides that when a person is convicted of larceny and it is foundat trial that, in the commission of the offense, he used an exit doorerected and maintained to comply with the requirements of 29 C.F.R.§ 1910 Subpart E, or any other exit designated for use as an emergencyexit to exit the premises of a store, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Prosecution of identity theft; statute of limitations. Allowsprosecutions for misdemeanor identity theft to be commenced within the samelimits as computer crimes. Those limits are the earlier of (i) five years afterthe commission of the last illegal act or (ii) one year after the existence ofthe illegal act and the identity of the offender are discovered.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Petit larceny; substance abuse. Provides that a personwho is convicted for the second time of petit larceny must undergo substanceabuse screening as part of the sentence if the sentence includes probationsupervision by a community-based probation services agency.
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Summary as passed Senate: Crimes;effect of subsequent marriage to child over 14 years of age. Repeals thecode section that provides a defense to carnal knowledge of a child 14 years ofage or older when there is a subsequent marriage of the victim and theperpetrator. HB 597 is identical.
Latest Action: 02/11/2008 - Motion to recommit to committee agreed to Bill Text
Concealed handgun permits; access to permittee information.Protects from public disclosure permittee names and descriptive informationheld by the Department of State Police for purposes of entry into the VirginiaCriminal Information Network. However, the information would still be availableto law-enforcement agencies, officers, and agents in the course oflaw-enforcement duties, and non-identifying statistical information would beavailable to the general public. This bill is a recommendation of the Freedomof Information Advisory Council. This bill incorporates SB 730 and SB 759.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Failed to report Bill Text
Punishment for underage drinking and driving;penalty. Provides that "zero tolerance" (0.02% blood alcoholconcentration) underage drinking and driving is punishable as a Class1 misdemeanor. Currently, the punishment is loss of license for sixmonths and a fine of no more than $500. This bill provides for forfeitureof such person's license to operate a motor vehicle for a period ofnot less than six months or more than a year from the date of convictionand either a mandatory minimum 50 hours of community service or amandatory minimum fine of $500.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected Bill Text
Summary as passed Senate: Concealed handguns; restaurants; penalty. Prohibits aperson who carries a concealed handgun onto the premises of a restaurant orclub from consuming an alcoholic beverage while on the premises. A person whocarries a concealed handgun onto the premises of a restaurant or club shallinform a designated employee of the restaurant or club of that fact. A person whoconsumes alcohol in violation of the provisions of the bill is guilty of aClass 2 misdemeanor and a person who becomes intoxicated in violation of theprovisions of the bill is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Subject matter referred by letter to Commission on Immigration pursuant to Senate Rule 20 Bill Text
Fraud against hospitals and health care providers; penalties.Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to cheat ordefraud a hospital or health care provider, to give a false name, address, orsocial security number or other form of identification in order to avoid paymentfor medical services. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of aClass 6 felony, if the value of service obtained is $1,000 or more, or guilty ofa Class 1 misdemeanor, if the value is less than $1,000. Also this billrequires hospitals to post signs stating that anyone convicted of this crimewill be prosecuted and allows hospitals to fingerprint anyone who does not havehealth insurance, is not eligible for Medicaid, and cannot otherwise show anability to pay.
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Left in Courts of Justice Bill Text
Concealed handgun permits; access to personal informationof permittees. Allows an applicant for a concealed handgun permit torequest that personal information regarding the permittee be withheld frompublic disclosure in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The billcontains an emergency clause. For 90 days after the effective date of the act,the bill would require that no personal information about a concealed handgunapplicant or permittee be released in response to a Freedom of Information Actrequest, so as to allow current concealed handgun permittees the opportunity torequest that their personal information be withheld.
Latest Action: 03/02/2008 - Signed by President Bill Text
Department of Motor Vehicles special agents; criminalenforcement authority. Provides full-time sworn members of the enforcementdivision of the Department of Motor Vehicles full authority to enforce the lawsof the Commonwealth. The bill also adds such persons to the definition oflaw-enforcement officer in the assault and battery criminal provision, whichmeans that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on such aperson who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated froma Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony with a six-month mandatory minimumterm of confinement.
Latest Action: 03/08/2008 - House concurred in Governor's recommendation Bill TextSummary as enacted with Governor's Recommendation: School employees; criminal acts. Requiresthe court clerks to notify the Superintendent of Public Instructionwhen a person known to be licensed by the Board of Education is convictedof a felony drug crime or certain felony sex crimes involving a childvictim. The bill also requires (i) local school boards to developpolicies and procedures to address complaints of sexual abuse of astudent by a teacher or other school board employee; (ii) the Boardof Education to include requirements for the denial, suspension, cancellation,revocation, and reinstatement of licensure in its regulations; (iii)notification by the local school board to the Board of Education whena licensed employee of a school board is dismissed or resigns becauseof certain criminal convictions or a founded child abuse or neglectcase; (iv) notification by the local department of social servicesto the Superintendent of Public Instruction when the subject of afounded complaint of [...] show full description
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