Bill Text: VA HB81 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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Bill Title: Suicide; abolishes common-law crime.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto [HB81 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB81-Prefiled.html
Bill Title: Suicide; abolishes common-law crime.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto [HB81 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB81-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 81
Offered January 10, 2024
Prefiled December 27, 2023
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.
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Patron-- Simon
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Committee Referral Pending
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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.