HB 1947

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2019 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 06, 2019
  • Passed House Feb 05, 2019
  • Senate
  • Governor

Elementary or secondary school, private or public; threats to bomb/damage, false info as to danger.

Abstract

Provides that for any person who (i) makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage a private or public elementary or secondary school or (ii) communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, or damage to a private or public elementary or secondary school the punishment includes a term of confinement of at least six months, five days of which is a mandatory minimum. Under current law, a person who is 15 or older is guilty of a Class 5 felony and a person who is under 15 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for such violation.

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Feb 06, 2019

Senate

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed

Feb 05, 2019

House

Read third time and passed House (61-Y 38-N)

Feb 04, 2019

House

Committee substitute agreed to 19106188D-H1

House

Read second time

House

Amendment by Delegate Levine rejected

House

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1947H1

Feb 03, 2019

House

Read first time

Jan 18, 2019

House

Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1

Jan 06, 2019

House

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103234D

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House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted HTML
House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103234D HTML
House: Committee substitute printed 19106188D-H1 HTML

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