VA SB 357

Title: Assault or assault and battery; affirmative defense, penalty.
Author: Jennifer Barton Boysko

Summary
Assault and battery; affirmative defense; penalty. Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery of certain specified individuals for which the enhanced Class 6 felony and six month mandatory minimum apply if such individual proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual's behaviors were a result of (a) mental illness or (b) a neurocognitive disorder, including dementia, or a neurodevelopmental disability, including a developmental disability or intellectual disability, such as autism spectrum disorder, as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association or (ii) the individual met the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order.

Status
Senate: Passed by for the day

Bill Documents
VA SB 357 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104571D

VA SB 357 - Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

VA SB 357 - Committee substitute printed 24106529D-S1

VA SB 357 - Floor substitute printed 24107083D-S2 (Boysko)

VA SB 357 - Committee substitute printed 24107804D-H1

VA SB 357 - Conference substitute printed 24109040D-S3

VA SB 357 - Conference amendments

VA SB 357 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB357ER)

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Jennifer Boysko - D
Senator - State Senate
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