Bill Text: VA SB1107 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Disorderly conduct in public places; school activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Left in Courts of Justice [SB1107 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1107-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-415 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-415. Disorderly conduct in public places; penalty.
A. A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:
A. 1. In any street, highway,
public building, or public place,
or while in or on a public conveyance, or public place
engages in conduct having a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the
person or persons at whom, individually, such conduct is directed; or
B. 2. Willfully or being
intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results
from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts any
funeral, memorial service, or meeting of the governing body of any political
subdivision of this the Commonwealth or a division
or agency thereof, or of any school, literary society,
or place of religious worship, if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes
with the orderly conduct of the funeral, memorial service, or meeting or (ii)
has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at
whom, individually, the disruption is directed;
or
C. Willfully or
while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication
results from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever nature,
disrupts the operation of any school or any activity conducted or sponsored by
any school, if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly
conduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause
acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption
is directed.
However, the conduct prohibited under
subdivision A, B 1 or C of this section 2 shall not be deemed to
include the utterance or display of any words or to include conduct otherwise
made punishable under this title.
The person in charge of any such building, place, conveyance, meeting, operation, or activity may eject therefrom any person who violates any provision of this section, with the aid, if necessary, of any persons who may be called upon for such purpose.
B. The governing bodies of counties, cities, and towns are authorized to adopt ordinances prohibiting and punishing the acts and conduct prohibited by this section, provided that the punishment fixed therefor shall not exceed that prescribed for a Class 1 misdemeanor.
C. A
person violating any provision of this section shall
be is
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
