Angelia Graves
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 21
Primary
Assault and battery; sports official; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a sports official, defined in the bill, for an entity sponsoring an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event or any person performing services as a sports official for a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization that sponsors an amateur sports event who (i) is engaged in the performance of his duties or (ii) is on the premises of such event prior to engaging in his duties or upon conclusion of his duties. The bill provides that such person, upon conviction, may be prohibited from attending any such sports event operated by the entity or organization that employed such sports official for a period of not less than six months as a term and condition of such sentence.
An Act to amend and reenact ยง 18.2-57 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assault and battery; sports official; penalty.
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (Effective 07/01/25)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB986ER)
House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read third time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
Read second time
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25107101D-H1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
Placed on Calendar
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101551D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Chaptered | HTML PDF |
| Enrolled | HTML PDF |
| Courts of Justice Substitute | HTML PDF |
| Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute | HTML PDF HTML PDF |
| Introduced | HTML PDF |
| Document | Format |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986) | PDF PDF PDF |
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