Virginia House Bill 941 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Operating a vehicle or vessel containing a false compartment; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person to (i) own or operate a vehicle or vessel containing a false or secret compartment; (ii) install, create, build, or fabricate in any vehicle or vessel a false or secret compartment; or (iii) sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of any vehicle or vessel containing a false or secret compartment. The bill defines a "false or secret compartment" as any enclosure that is integrated into or attached to a vehicle or vessel, the purpose of which is to conceal, hide, or prevent the discovery of a person, controlled substance, or other contraband.

Operating a vehicle or vessel containing a false compartment; penalty.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2014-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-01-30	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2014-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103180D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	323.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB941
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB941+hil