Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 8 — Disorderly conduct in public places; school activities.

Last action — Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB256-Mullin)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Disorderly conduct in public places; school activities. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor for disrupting willfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, the operation of any school or any school activity conducted or sponsored by any school if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed. This bill was incorporated into HB 256.

Bill Text

  • HB8 View text Current html November 18, 2019

Action History

  1. Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB256-Mullin)

  2. Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB256-Mullin)

  3. Assigned Courts sub: Criminal

  4. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100560D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (142)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 8 do?
Disorderly conduct in public places; school activities. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor for disrupting willfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, the operation of any school or any school activity conducted or sponsored by any school if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed. This bill was incorporated into HB 256.
Who sponsors HB 8?
HB 8 is sponsored by Lamont Bagby, Alfonso H. Lopez, Delores L. McQuinn, Sam Rasoul, Alex Q. Askew, and Bourne, Jeffrey M..
What is the current status of HB 8?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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