VirginiaAssault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against sports official.
What it does
Assault and battery; sports official; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a sports official, defined in the bill, for an entity sponsoring an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event or any person performing services as a sports official for a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization that sponsors an amateur sports event who (i) is engaged in the performance of his duties or (ii) is on the premises of such event prior to engaging in his duties or upon conclusion of his duties. The bill provides that such person, upon conviction, may be prohibited from attending any such sports event operated by the entity or organization that employed such sports official for a period of not less than six months as a term and condition of such sentence.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Mar 21Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)Latest
- Mar 21Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 361 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB986ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 20House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)Major
- Vote recorded House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House (97-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 19Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- Feb 19Read third timeMinor
- Feb 18Read second timeMinor
- Feb 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
- Feb 14Committee substitute printed 25107101D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 14Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 10Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Assigned Courts sub: CriminalMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar
- Jan 21Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 20Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 17Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 17Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Jan 17Rules suspended
- Jan 15Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101551DIntroduced