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Bill Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer. Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer; confidential informants, pretrial defendants or posttrial offenders; penalty. Provides that an accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person serving as a confidential informant, defined in the bill, if he (i) is a law-enforcement officer; (ii) knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and (iii) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, such confidential informant while such person is serving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which the confidential informant assisted the law-enforcement agency with its investigation. The bill provides that such offense is a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that an accused is guilty of sexual battery if he sexually abuses (a) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer and the accused is a law-enforcement officer, (b) a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender and the accused is an owner or employee of the bail company that posted the pretrial defendant's or posttrial offender's bond, or (c) a person serving as a confidential informant and the accused is a law-enforcement officer. Current law provides that sexual battery is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 6 felony for a third or subsequent offense. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 394 Virginia SB 394 (2024)
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Virginia SB 394 (2024) — Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer.

Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer; confidential informants, pretrial defendants or posttrial offenders; penalty. Provides that an accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person serving as a confidential informant, defined in the bill, if he (i) is a law-enforcement officer; (ii) knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and (iii) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, such confidential informant while such person is serving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which the confidential informant assisted the law-enforcement agency with its investigation. The bill provides that such offense is a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that an accused is guilty of sexual battery if he sexually abuses (a) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer and the accused is a law-enforcement officer, (b) a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender and the accused is an owner or employee of the bail company that posted the pretrial defendant's or posttrial offender's bond, or (c) a person serving as a confidential informant and the accused is a law-enforcement officer. Current law provides that sexual battery is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 6 felony for a third or subsequent offense.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CHAP0592 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24106165D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24108136D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104794D (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB394ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Referred from Public Safety — 0–0 (fail) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N) — 29–11 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Russet Perry — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104794D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-01-11 Impact statement from VCSC (SB394)
  • 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24106165D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-31 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-02 Impact statement from VCSC (SB394S1)
  • 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB394S1)
  • 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106165D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB394S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Referred from Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-20 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2024-02-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-21 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-23 Committee substitute printed 24108136D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-26 Impact statement from VCSC (SB394H1)
  • 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB394H1)
  • 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108136D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB394H1 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-05 Passed by temporarily
  • 2024-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-05 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-05 Title replaced 24108136D-H1
  • 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB394ER) passage
  • 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB394ER)
  • 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 592 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f4e177f-166c-42f4-a809-2bb83afbb025. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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