VA HB2619 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Threats of death or bodily harm on school property; penalty. Includes orally communicated threats of death or bodily harm on school property as conduct subject to the enhanced penalty of a Class 6 felony. Under current law, only such threats communicated in writing are subject to the enhanced penalty, and such threats made orally to an employee of an elementary, middle, or secondary school are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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Title

School property; threats of death or bodily harm, penalty.

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-05HouseLeft in Courts of Justice
2019-01-09HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-09HousePresented and ordered printed 19103698D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
18260(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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