Virginia House Bill 515 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-01-28 - Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Civil action for malicious prosecution; self-defense. Creates a civil cause of action for malicious prosecution in any case in which a criminal defendant charged with aggravated murder, murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, or voluntary manslaughter is found to have acted solely in self-defense. The bill provides that such cause of action shall lie against the prosecutor who brought the charges or prosecuted such criminal case if such criminal defendant can prove that such prosecution was malicious and motivated by reasons other than bringing the alleged defendant to justice.

Malicious prosecution; creates civil cause of action, self-defense.

Del. Marie March [R]

2022-01-28 - House - House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-28	House	Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2022-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101853D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	44.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB515
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB515+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0802V0004+HB0515
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H08V0014+HB0515