SB 1138 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Sexually transmitted infections; infected sexual battery, penalty.

Summary
Sexually transmitted infections; infected sexual battery. Provides that any person who is diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection and engages in sexual behavior that poses a substantial risk of transmission to another person according to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations regarding such risk of transmission with the intent to transmit the infection to another person and transmits such infection to that person is guilty of infected sexual battery, punishable as Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the crime of infected battery is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also repeals the crime of donating or selling blood, body fluids, organs, and tissues by persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus and the provisions regarding the testing of certain persons for human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 3, 2021 Signed Mar 31, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2021

How they voted

310
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Feb 5, 2021
D Democratic17
15 Yea 2
88% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
62
Key actions
22
Committee
13
Amendments
8
Mar 31, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 465 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)_
lower
Feb 27, 2021
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
House insisted on amendments
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (56-Y 44-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Roem agreed to
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Amended
Amendment by Senator McCLellan rejected
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Introduced
Amendment by Senator McCLellan reconsidered (37-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1138E
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amendment by Senator McClellan agreed to
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (7-Y 5-N 2-A)
upper
Jan 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced bill reprinted 21101066D
upper
Jan 3, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101066D
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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