HB 793

            
2020 SESSION

20102528D

HOUSE BILL NO. 793


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 37.2-918 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to persons on conditional release; tracking device; penalty.
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Patron-- Askew

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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 37.2-918 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 37.2-918. Persons on conditional release leaving 
 Commonwealth; penalty.
 
 
Any person placed on conditional release pursuant to this 
 chapter who (i) leaves the Commonwealth 
 without permission from the court that conditionally released the person or; (ii) 
 fails to return to the Commonwealth in violation of a court order shall be; or 
 (iii) alters, removes, or destroys any Global Positioning System (GPS) 
 tracking device, or other similar device placed on such person as a condition 
 of conditional release, is guilty of 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 of 
 the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot 
 be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional 
 facilities; therefore, Chapter 854 of the Acts of Assembly of 2019 requires the 
 Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of 
 $50,000. Pursuant to � 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount 
 of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment 
 to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.