Criminal Law – Sexual Crimes – Repeal of Spousal Defense (Love Is No Defense to Sexual Crimes)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2020
Last action Feb 28, 2020
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2020
How they voted
89–7
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 100
Feb 27, 2020
D
Democratic66
93% Yea
R
Republican34
79% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2020
Committee
Referred Judicial Proceedings
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Judiciary
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
First Reading Judiciary
lower
26 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bonnie Cullison
DDemocratic
P
Brian Crosby
DDemocratic
P
Charlotte Crutchfield
DDemocratic
P
David Moon
DDemocratic
P
Emily Shetty
DDemocratic
P
Erek L. Barron
DDemocratic
P
Eric Ebersole
DDemocratic
P
Geraldine Valentino-Smith
DDemocratic
P
Jen Terrasa
DDemocratic
P
Jesse Pippy
RRepublican
P
Jessica Feldmark
DDemocratic
P
Jim Gilchrist
DDemocratic
P
Julie Palakovich Carr
DDemocratic
P
Kathleen M. Dumais
DDemocratic
P
Kirill Reznik
DDemocratic
P
Kris Valderrama
DDemocratic
P
Lauren Arikan
RRepublican
P
Lesley Lopez
DDemocratic
P
Lorig Charkoudian
DDemocratic
P
Maggie McIntosh
DDemocratic
P
Marc Korman
DDemocratic
P
Michele Guyton
DDemocratic
P
Pam Queen
DDemocratic
P
Robin Grammer
RRepublican
P
Shelly Hettleman
DDemocratic
P
Vanessa Atterbeary
DDemocratic
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