VA HB753 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Smoking with a minor under the age of 15 present; penalty. Creates a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person who smokes, as defined in the bill, in the presence of a minor under the age of 15 and directly exposes such minor to secondhand smoke. The bill also allows a conviction for smoking in the presence of a minor or a conviction for smoking in a vehicle with a minor present to be admissible in any proceeding in which it is alleged that a child is abused and neglected.
Title
Smoking; Class 3 misdemeanor for any person who smokes in presence of a minor under the age of 15.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-13 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
| 2024-01-09 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-09 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100826D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 2 | 371.5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 46 | 2 | 810.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
