Family or household member; clarifies definition, penalty.
Summary
Family or household member; definition; penalty. Adds to the definition of family or household member, for the purposes of definitions relating to juvenile and domestic relations district courts and multiple criminal and procedural statutes, an individual who is a legal custodian of a juvenile.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 2, 2024
Signed Apr 2, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 1, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Apr 2, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 273 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB172ER)
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
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