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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 926: Assault and battery; adds officers of Va. Marine Police to definition of law-enforcement officer.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 926 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Assault and battery; adds officers of Va. Marine Police to definition of law-enforcement officer. Primary sponsor: Richard Stuart (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 22, 2025): Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 9-N).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Assault and battery of law-enforcement officer; definition of law-enforcement officer; penalty. Adds officers of the Virginia Marine Police to the definition of law-enforcement officer, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on such an officer who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Richard StuartPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Bill DeStephCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 9-N)
  2. Committee substitute printed 25105155D-S1
  3. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
  4. Incorporates SB946(DeSteph)
  5. Impact statement from VCSC (SB926)
  6. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  7. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100379D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source