Bill DeSteph
- Republican
- Senator
- District 20
Primary
Aggravated sexual battery; penalty. Provides that any massage therapist, person practicing the healing arts, or physical therapist, or a person purporting to be such practitioner, who sexually abuses another person without the express consent of the complaining witness is guilty of aggravated sexual battery.
Aggravated sexual battery by false representationor subterfuge; penalty. Provides that any person who sexuallyabuses another person through false representation or subterfuge that is part of a massage by a massage therapist, a medical procedure,or physical therapy is guilty of aggravated sexual battery if suchabuse is intentional and without the consent of the complaining witness.The bill also eliminates the provision that sexual battery can beaccomplished by ruse.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1003 (effective 7/1/20)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
Impact statement from DPB (SB42ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Signed by President
Passed House (84-Y 12-N)
VOTE: Passage (84-Y 12-N)
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 3-N)
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
Impact statement from DPB (SB42S1)
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB42S1
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Committee substitute agreed to 20106403D-S1
Reading of substitute waived
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from VCSC (SB42S1)
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Committee substitute printed 20106403D-S1
Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
Impact statement from VCSC (SB42)
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100063D
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Impact statement from VCSC (SB42) | HTML |
| Impact statement from VCSC (SB42S1) | HTML |
| Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB42ER) | HTML |
| Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1003) | HTML |
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