Bill Text: VA HB81 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Suicide; abolishes common-law crime.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto [HB81 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB81-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 81 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled December 27, 2023 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-16.1, relating to abolishing the common-law crime of suicide. ---------- Patron-- Simon ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-16.1 as follows:

§ 18.2-16.1. Common-law crime of suicide abolished.

The common-law crime of suicide is hereby abolished.