VA HB 713

Title: Family abuse; coercive control, penalty.
Author: Mark L. Keam

Summary
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.

Status
House: Left in Courts of Justice