Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer.
Summary
Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer; confidential informants, pretrial defendants or posttrial offenders; penalty. Provides that an accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person serving as a confidential informant, defined in the bill, if he (i) is a law-enforcement officer; (ii) knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and (iii) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, such confidential informant while such person is serving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which the confidential informant assisted the law-enforcement agency with its investigation. The bill provides that such offense is a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that an accused is guilty of sexual battery if he sexually abuses (a) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer and the accused is a law-enforcement officer, (b) a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender and the accused is an owner or employee of the bail company that posted the pretrial defendant's or posttrial offender's bond, or (c) a person serving as a confidential informant and the accused is a law-enforcement officer. Current law provides that sexual battery is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 6 felony for a third or subsequent offense.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2024 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 8, 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
52
Key actions
14
Committee
13
Apr 5, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 592 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB394ER)
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Referred from Public Safety
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Russet Perry
DDemocratic
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