Bill Text: VA HB2014 | 2015 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Adultery; reduces penalty from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a civil penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-10 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB2014 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-HB2014-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2014 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled January 14, 2015 A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adultery; civil penalty. ---------- Patron-- Surovell ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§18.2-365. Adultery defined; penalty.

Any person, being married, who voluntarily shall have has sexual intercourse with any person not his or her spouse shall be is guilty of adultery, punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty of not more than $250. Any attorney for the Commonwealth of the county or city in which an alleged violation occurred may bring an action to recover the civil penalty and the proceeds shall be deposited into the Literary Fund. Any law-enforcement officer may issue a summons for a violation of this section.