Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies, penalty.
Summary
Protective orders; issuance upon convictions for certain felonies; penalty. Authorizes a court to issue a protective order upon convicting a defendant for a felony offense of (i) violating a protective order, (ii) homicide, (iii) kidnapping, (iv) assaults and bodily woundings, (v) extortion, or (vi) criminal sexual assault. The bill provides that the duration of such protective order can be for any reasonable period of time, including up to the lifetime of the defendant, that the court deems necessary to protect the health and safety of the victim and may only prohibit (a) acts of family abuse or of violence, force, or threat against the victim or criminal offenses that may result in injury to the person or property of the victim and (b) such contacts by the defendant with the victim as the court deems necessary for the health or safety of the victim. The bill provides that a violation of a protective order issued upon conviction of one of the enumerated offenses is punishable as contempt of court or in the same manner as criminal violations of other protective orders are punished. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Dec 18, 2019
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
45
Key actions
13
Committee
14
Amendments
1
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1005 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (90-Y 7-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB144H1
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108527D-H1
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB144ES1
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106784D-S1
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101423D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Stuart
RRepublican
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