Fabio
101 lines
5.7 KiB
Markdown
101 lines
5.7 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Suicide; abolishes common-law crime, delayed effective date, report."
|
||
description: "Common-law crime of suicide. Abolishes the common-law crime of suicide. Suicide is currently a common-law crime in Virginia, although there is no statutorily prescribed punishment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027, and also requires the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to review the effect and implication of abolishing the common-law crime of suicide on insurance throughout the Commonwealth and submit its findings and any recommendations by November 1, 2026, to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
|
||
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2026"
|
||
identifier: "HB 43"
|
||
citation: "Virginia HB 43 (2026)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
|
||
version_count: 5
|
||
action_count: 27
|
||
vote_count: 6
|
||
first_action: "2025-12-23"
|
||
last_action: "2026-04-13"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb106f1-4e34-4918-9e9b-3e3b56efe151"
|
||
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB43"
|
||
source_hash: "0777787c50e0491330674e092e0119884fcd62a316a77cb14308bbcd8c968f09"
|
||
vintage: "2026-07-01"
|
||
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
|
||
confidence: "reported"
|
||
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# Virginia HB 43 (2026) — Suicide; abolishes common-law crime, delayed effective date, report.
|
||
|
||
Common-law crime of suicide. Abolishes the common-law crime of suicide. Suicide is currently a common-law crime in Virginia, although there is no statutorily prescribed punishment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027, and also requires the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to review the effect and implication of abolishing the common-law crime of suicide on insurance throughout the Commonwealth and submit its findings and any recommendations by November 1, 2026, to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082065.PDF)
|
||
2. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127421.HTML)
|
||
3. **Criminal Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105251.HTML)
|
||
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1129852.PDF)
|
||
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177822.PDF)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–3** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–3** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Passage R — **22–16** (pass) · upper
|
||
- H VOTE: — **63–35** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
|
||
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
|
||
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2025-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100450D `filing, introduction`
|
||
- **2025-12-23** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-01-29** Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
|
||
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
|
||
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB43)
|
||
- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2026-02-09** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
|
||
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House as amended
|
||
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
|
||
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
|
||
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
|
||
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
|
||
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
|
||
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage`
|
||
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
|
||
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB43ER) `passage`
|
||
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
|
||
- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB43)
|
||
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 785 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fb106f1-4e34-4918-9e9b-3e3b56efe151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
|
||
|