Virginia Senate Bill 1241 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-16 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action. Makes it a felony with a punishment of 20 years to life, five of which shall be a mandatory minimum, for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor. The bill makes it a Class 2 felony for any parent or guardian charged with the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also provides a civil cause of action for any person injured by such circumcision, excision, or infibulation.

Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

2017-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-16	Senate	Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102935D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	51.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	42.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1241
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1241+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0052+SB1241