Bill Text: VA HB42 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Suicide; abolishes common-law crime.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB42 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-HB42-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 42 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled November 29, 2017 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. ---------- Patron-- Kory ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

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.