VirginiaExperiencing or reporting an overdose or act of sexual violence; arrest and prosecution.
What it does
Arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting an overdose or act of sexual violence. Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol or marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, intoxication in public, or possession of controlled paraphernalia if the individual, in good faith, seeks or obtains assistance for himself or another individual from emergency medical services personnel, a health care provider, or a law-enforcement officer, as those terms are defined in relevant law, and seeks to report an act of sexual violence committed against himself or another individual, so long as (i) such individual identifies himself to the law-enforcement officer who responds to the report of the act of sexual violence and (ii) the evidence for the prosecution of such an offense was obtained as a result of the individual seeking or obtaining medical attention, rendering care or assistance, or reporting to law enforcement. However, such immunity shall not apply to an individual who is alleged to have committed the act of sexual violence or if the emergency medical attention was sought or obtained during the execution of a search warrant or during the conduct of a lawful search or a lawful arrest.The bill also provides that no individual immune to arrest or prosecution when experiencing or reporting an overdose or act of sexual violence shall have his bail, probation, furlough, supervised release, suspended sentence, or parole revoked for the behavior immune from arrest or prosecution under the provisions of applicable law.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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History
- 2025
- Mar 24Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)Latest
- Mar 24Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 396 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- 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 House and Senate (HB2117ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 20Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Engrossed by Senate as amended
- Feb 19Courts of Justice Amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 19Reading of amendment waived
- Feb 19Read third timeMinor
- Feb 18Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 18Rules suspended
- Feb 17Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 31Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 30Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Printed as engrossed 25104517D-E
- Jan 29Engrossed by House as amended
- Jan 29Courts of Justice Amendments agreed toMajor
- Jan 29Read second timeMinor
- Jan 28Read first timeMinor
- Jan 24Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 20Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 18Assigned Courts sub: CriminalMinor
- Jan 7Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104517DIntroduced