Virginia House Bill 449 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-08 - Incorporated by Health and Human Services
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters; statute of limitations; penalties. Adds aggravated sexual battery of a child and attempted rape, sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, or object sexual penetration of a child to the list of offenses for which a failure to report subjects a mandatory reporter to criminal liability. The bill further requires that a prosecution for any misdemeanor violation for failing to report certain sexual acts committed against a minor be commenced within one year of the discovery of the offense.

Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters, statute of limitations, penalties.

Del. Chris Obenshain [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-08	House	Incorporated by Health and Human Services
2024-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1542-Mundon King) by voice vote
2024-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2024-01-19	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2024-01-19	House	Assigned sub: Social Services
2024-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104788D

HB1542 (Similar To) 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1509	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB449
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB449+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB449F122+PDF