Misdemeanors
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. [SB-332]
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to revise all labels on Sentencing Guidelines worksheets and instructions in the Sentencing Guidelines manual so that any conviction for an offense defined as a Class 1 misdemeanor or any other misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 364 days of incarceration, as provided by the bill, shall be scored
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Gettr Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Absentee voting; persons confined awaiting trial or for conviction of a misdemeanor. [HB-1330]
Absentee voting; persons confined awaiting trial or for conviction of a misdemeanor. Provides that any registered voter who is confined while awaiting trial or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor may vote by absentee ballot and requires the institution or facility in which such voter is confined to (i) provide the means and opportunity for such voter to complete and submit a timely application for an absentee ballot and to properly mark his absentee ballot and (ii) ensure such voter's marked absentee ballot is returned in accordance with
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeion Ward
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0553) on 04/05/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty. [HB-926]
Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty. Expands the current categories of images that are unlawful to disseminate or sell to include any videographic or still image that depicts another person whose genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast are not exposed but such videographic or still image is obscene, as defined in the bill. Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty. Expands the current categories of images that are unlawful to disseminate or sell to include any videographic or still image that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0697) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Smoking; Class 3 misdemeanor for any person who smokes in presence of a minor under the age of 15. [HB-753]
Smoking with a minor under the age of 15 present; penalty. Creates a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person who smokes, as defined in the bill, in the presence of a minor under the age of 15 and directly exposes such minor to secondhand smoke. The bill also allows a conviction for smoking in the presence of a minor or a conviction for smoking in a vehicle with a minor present to be admissible in any proceeding in which it is alleged that a child is abused and neglected.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
First offender drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction, etc. [SB-362]
First offense drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction. Allows any person to participate in the first offender drug program even if such person was previously convicted of an offense related to misdemeanor possession of marijuana or who has had a previous dismissal of a misdemeanor offense for possession of marijuana pursuant to the program. Current law prohibits any person with a previous marijuana conviction from participating in the program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0785) on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Weapons; carrying into hospital that provides mental health services. [HB-861]
Weapons; possession or transportation; hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly possess in or transport into the building of any hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) firearm or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. [HB-956]
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. [SB-332]
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to revise all labels on Sentencing Guidelines worksheets and instructions in the Sentencing Guidelines manual so that any conviction for an offense defined as a Class 1 misdemeanor or any other misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 364 days of incarceration, as provided by the bill, shall be scored
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
First offender drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction, etc. [HB-452]
First offense drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction. Allows any person to participate in the first offender drug program even if such person was previously convicted of an offense related to misdemeanor possession of marijuana or who has had a previous dismissal of a misdemeanor offense for possession of marijuana pursuant to the program. Current law prohibits any person with a previous marijuana conviction from participating in the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0811) on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. [HB-223]
Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. Provides that any person convicted of felony cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of companion or equine animals for life and any person convicted of misdemeanor cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of such animals for a period of up to five years. Under current law, such prohibition is limited to companion animals and a period equal to the statutory maximum period of incarceration. The bill also specifies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0179) on 03/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Larceny; punishment for conviction of fourth or subsequent misdemeanor, penalty. [SB-77]
Punishment for conviction of fourth or subsequent misdemeanor larceny; penalty. Provides that any person convicted of a fourth or subsequent larceny offense, regardless of whether the prior convictions were misdemeanors or felonies, or any combination thereof, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
Passed By Indefinitley In Courts Of Justice (8-y 7-n) on 01/15/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. [SB-11]
Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. Provides that any person convicted of felony cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of companion or equine animals for life and any person convicted of misdemeanor cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of such animals for a period of up to five years. Under current law, such prohibition is limited to companion animals and a period equal to the statutory maximum period of incarceration. The bill also specifies
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0489) on 04/04/2024
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Requesting The Judiciary To Conduct A Study Of The Potential Impacts Of A Bill That Would Authorize Probationary Terms Of Geographic Restriction For Certain Misdemeanants. [SR-208]
Requesting The Judiciary To Conduct A Study Of The Potential Impacts Of A Bill That Would Authorize Probationary Terms Of Geographic Restriction For Certain Misdemeanants.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kurt Fevella
Referred To Jdc. on 03/15/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Resisting detention; Class 3 misdemeanor. [HB-1672]
Resisting detention; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person to intentionally prevent or attempt to prevent a law-enforcement officer from lawfully detaining him, defined in the bill as fleeing or attempting to flee from a law-enforcement officer when (i) the officer has reasonable articulable suspicion to detain the person, (ii) the officer communicates to the person an order to stop, and (iii) the person refuses to obey the order to stop. The bill allows a person charged with committing this offense to be arrested and immediately
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Campbell
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/13/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Misdemeanor; reduces maximum term of confinement. [SB-929]
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/22/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Family abuse; coercive control, penalty. [HB-713]
Family abuse; coercive control; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to engage in coercive control, defined in the bill, of a family or household member. The bill also includes coercive control in the definition of "family abuse" used for the basis of the issuance of family abuse protective orders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Left In Courts Of Justice on 11/22/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; removing, altering, etc., serial number, selling, etc., or possessing. [HB-1306]
Removing, altering, etc., serial number on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm with removed, altered, etc., serial number; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly possess any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to sell, give, or distribute any pistol,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; removing, altering, etc., serial number, selling, etc., or possessing. [SB-643]
Removing, altering, etc., serial number on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm with removed, altered, etc., serial number; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly possess any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Public Safety on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
School principals; incident reports. [SB-613]
School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Incorporated By Education And Health on 02/10/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Misdemeanor; reduces maximum term of confinement in jail. [HB-866]
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor from 12 months to 364 days. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022