Bill Text: VA HB1443 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Trial by jury; contact with jurors after trial prohibited, penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561) [HB1443 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1443-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-465.2 as follows:
§18.2-465.2. Contact with jurors after trial prohibited; penalty.
No defendant shall knowingly and intentionally contact, with the intent to harass, intimidate, or threaten, a juror regarding such juror's service as a juror after a jury trial. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.