Virginia House Bill 673 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 10 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-24 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Cruelty to children; penalty. Increases the penalty from a Class 6 felony to a Class 4 felony for any person employing or having custody of a child to willfully cause or permit such child to be tortured physically or psychologically, tormented, mutilated, beaten, or cruelly treated. The bill includes such offense in the definition of "violent felony" for purposes of determining felony sentencing guidelines. The bill also includes willful and negligent acts of cruelty and injuries to children in offenses prohibiting a person from operating or residing in a family day home and provides that a conviction is a barrier crime for persons providing care to certain children or the elderly or disabled.

Cruelty to children; increases penalty to a Class 4 felony.

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-24	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20108644D-S1
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB673H1
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107948D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Committee substitute printed 20107948D-H1
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
2020-02-04	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101936D

HB673 (Carry Over) 2020-02-24 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	1	805	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	371.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	268.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	386.35	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	113	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	79.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	79.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1530	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1727	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	226.5:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	902	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB673
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB673+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB673H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB673S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0155+HB0673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0230+HB0673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0860+HB0673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0424+HB0673