Bill Text: VA HB919 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Sex offender; prohibits proximity to children's museums.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB919 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB919-Prefiled.html
10103411D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 18.2-370.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §18.2-370.2. Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty. A. "Offense prohibiting proximity to children" means a violation or an attempt to commit a violation of (i) subsection A of § 18.2-47, clause (ii) or (iii) of §18.2-48, subsection B of §18.2-361, or subsection B of §18.2-366, where the victim of one of the foregoing offenses was a minor, or (ii) subsection A (iii) of §18.2-61, §§18.2-63, 18.2-64.1, subdivision A 1 of §18.2-67.1, subdivision A 1 of §18.2-67.2, or subdivision A 1 or A 4 (a) of §18.2-67.3, or §§18.2-370, 18.2-370.1, clause (ii) of § 18.2-371, §§18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1 or §18.2-379. As of July 1, 2006, "offense prohibiting proximity to children" shall include a violation of §18.2-472.1, when the offense requiring registration was one of the foregoing offenses. B. Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2000, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary or high school. In addition, every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2006, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in §63.2-100. C. Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2008, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children that are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or should know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium. D. Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2010, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any children's museum. "Children's museum" means the Children's Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth, the Children's Museum of Virginia in Richmond, the Children's Museum of Virginia in Norfolk, the Rightmire Children's Museum in Lynchburg, the Children's Museum of Northern Virginia in Oakton, the Harrisonburg Children's Museum in Harrisonburg, and the Virginia Discovery Museum in Charlottesville. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6 felony. 2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 781 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. |