Bill Text: VA HB1063 | 2021 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Suicide; abolishes the common-law crime.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-04 - Left in Judiciary [HB1063 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2021-HB1063-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1063 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 7, 2020 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-16.1, relating to abolishing the common-law crime of suicide. ---------- Patrons-- Kory, Carr, Hope and Watts ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-16.1 as follows:

§ 18.2-16.1. Common-law crime of suicide abolished.

The common-law crime of suicide is hereby abolished.