Virginia House Bill 717 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Allowing child to be present in methamphetamine manufactory; penalty. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly allows a child to be present in the same dwelling, apartment, unit of a hotel, garage, shed, or vehicle (i) during the manufacture or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine or (ii) where there are present at least two of the components of methamphetamine manufacture is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 40 years. Currently the prohibition applies only to a child in care or custody of the miscreant and does not punish for the presence of the child when the components of manufacture can be found in the residence or other specified place.

Methamphetamine manufactory; allowing child to be present, penalty.

Del. Terry Kilgore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2012-01-20		House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102929D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	248.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB717
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB717+hil