SB 926 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Assault and battery; adds officers of Va. Marine Police to definition of law-enforcement officer.

Summary

Assault and battery of law-enforcement officer; definition of law-enforcement officer; penalty. Adds officers of the Virginia Marine Police to the definition of law-enforcement officer, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on such an officer who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Last action Jan 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Courts of Justice Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard introduced version to a Senate substitute version with updated session identifiers and bill numbers. The substantive legal content regarding assault penalties and protected categories remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Bill header changed from 'Introduced' to 'Senate Substitute' with updated bill number 25105155D and new committee attribution date of January 15, 2025.

Patron attribution was updated to include 'Patrons Prior to Substitute' with reference to Senators Stuart and DeSteph and bill SB 946.

Original introductory metadata including 'Offered January 8, 2025' and 'Prefiled January 6, 2025' was removed in favor of the substitute version header.

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Committee

Jan 22, 2025

Committee

Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 9-N)

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)

upper

Jan 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor