Virginia House Bill 1455 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 27 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-01-25 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Financial exploitation of elderly and incapacitated; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly exploits the impaired mental capacity or the physical capacity of an incapacitated adult or an adult (defined for the purposes of the bill as 60 years old or older) by deception, intimidation, undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, or misrepresentation to use, obtain, convert, or take control of or endeavor to use, obtain, convert, or take control of the incapacitated adult's or adult's money, assets, property, or financial resources with the intent to deprive the incapacitated adult or adult of the use, benefit, or possession of the money, assets, property, or financial resources and to convert such money, assets, property, or financial resources to the perpetrator's own use or benefit is guilty of a Class 5 felony. However, any responsible person or a person who has a fiduciary relationship with the incapacitated adult or adult who commits such a violation is guilty of a Class 3 felony. It is not a defense that the accused did not know the age of the victim.

Elderly or incapacitated adults; financial exploitation, penalty is a Class 3 felony.

Del. James Scott [D]

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-25	House	Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2013-01-22	House	Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2012-12-27	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-12-27	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102365D

HB1682 (Similar To) 2013-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0419)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	369	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1455
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1455+hil