Bill Text: VA SB521 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Suicide; abolishes common-law crime.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-29 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice [SB521 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB521-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 521 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled January 8, 2014 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-- Saslaw ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

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.