Inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant, etc.; carnal knowledge.
Summary
Carnal knowledge of an inmate, parolee, probationer, arrestee, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; local or state law-enforcement officer; penalty. Adds law-enforcement officers to those persons who are guilty of a Class 6 felony if they are in a position of authority over and carnally know without force, threat, or intimidation a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, including those in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency. In addition, the bill adds a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer to the list of those persons for whom it is unlawful for a person in such authority to commit the offense of carnal knowledge and provides that a person is in the custody of a law-enforcement officer when due to physical force, words, or actions by the law-enforcement officer, such person reasonably believes he is not free to leave under the circumstances.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Oct 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Sep 2020
Senate Passage
Oct 2020
Signed into Law
Oct 2020
Introduced Aug 17, 2020
Signed Oct 28, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Oct 1, 2020 · House of Delegates Sep 4, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Oct 1, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
47
Key actions
15
Committee
14
Oct 28, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 3/1/21)
executive
Oct 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Oct 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5045S1
upper
Oct 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Oct 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Oct 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5045S1
upper
Oct 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to
upper
Sep 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 16, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Sep 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 9, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Sep 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Sep 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5045H1
lower
Sep 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20201022D-H1
lower
Aug 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Aug 26, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Aug 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Aug 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Aug 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Aug 17, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200286D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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