Bill DeSteph
- Republican
- Senator
- District 20
Primary
Fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalty. Removes the requirement that a law-enforcement officer have the immediate physical ability to place a person under arrest in order for a person who flees from a law-enforcement officer to be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill instead requires that the officer be within 30 feet of the person when such person knows or has reason to know that the officer is a law-enforcement officer.
A BILL to amend and reenact ยง 18.2-460 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalty.
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104292D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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