VA SB384 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 8 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 8 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Human smuggling; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person who, with the intent to obtain a pecuniary benefit, knowingly and with the intent to evade the immigration laws of the United States uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance to transport another person in or through the Commonwealth and knows or should have known that such person being transported is likely to be exploited for the financial gain of another. Human smuggling; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person who, with the intent to obtain a pecuniary benefit, knowingly and with the intent to evade the immigration laws of the United States uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance to transport another person in or through the Commonwealth and knows or should have known that such person being transported is likely to be exploited for the financial gain of another. The bill provides that any person who commits human smuggling (i) in a manner that creates a substantial likelihood that the individual being smuggled will suffer serious bodily injury or death, (ii) by smuggling a child younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offense, or (iii) while knowingly possessing a firearm during the commission of the offense is guilty of a Class 3 felony. The bill also provides that any person who commits human smuggling and as a direct result of the commission of the offense the individual being smuggled (a) became a victim of human trafficking, commercial sex trafficking, sexual assault, or aggravated sexual assault or (b) suffered serious bodily injury or death is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
Title
Human smuggling; penalties.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) (Y: 33 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) (Y: 33 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-05 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2024-02-16 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB384S1 |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24106216D-S1 |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24106216D-S1 |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104832D |
