Jay Leftwich
- Republican
- Delegate
- District 90
Communicating threats of death or bodily injury to a person with intent to intimidate; penalties. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who communicates a threat in writing, including an electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message, to another to kill or to do serious bodily injury to any other person and makes such threat with the intent to (i) intimidate a civilian population at large; (ii) influence the conduct or activities of a government, including the government of the United States, a state, or a locality, through intimidation; or (iii) compel the emergency evacuation, or avoidance, of any place of assembly, any building or other structure, or any means of mass transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony. The bill provides that any person younger than 18 years of age who commits such offense is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Communicating threats of death or bodily injuryto a person at any place of assembly, any building or other structure,or any means of transportation; penalties. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who either (i) communicates to anotherby any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, shoot, stab, or inany other manner cause death or bodily injury to persons at any placeof assembly, any building or other structure, or any means of masstransportation or (ii) communicates to another by any means information,knowing the same to be false, about any plan to bomb, burn, destroy,shoot, stab, or in any other manner cause death or bodily injury topersons at any place of assembly, any building or other structure,or any means of mass transportation and makes either such communication with the intent to (a) intimidate a civilian population at large,(b) influence the conduct or activities of the government of theUnited States or any state or local government through intimidation,(c) compel the emergency evacuation of any place of assembly, anybuilding or other structure, or any means of mass transportationthrough intimidation, or (d) place any person in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily injury through intimidation is guilty of a Class5 felony. The bill provides that any person younger than 18 yearsof age who commits such offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (effective 7/1/21)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB2194ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed Senate (34-Y 3-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N)
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed
Impact statement from DPB (HB2194H1)
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from VCSC (HB2194H1)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2194H1
Committee substitute agreed to 21104392D-H1
Read second time
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 21104392D-H1
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB2194)
Impact statement from VCSC (HB2194)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101561D
Bill Text Versions | Format |
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101561D | HTML |
Committee substitute printed 21104392D-H1 | HTML |
HB2194ER | HTML |
CHAP0083 | HTML |
Document | Format |
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Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2194FH1122.PDF | |
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2194FH1160.PDF | |
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2194F122.PDF | |
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2194F160.PDF |
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