HB 867

            
2020 SESSION

20101771D

HOUSE BILL NO. 867


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of 
 Chapter 16 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-1616, relating to shelters for 
 victims of domestic violence; population served.
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Patron-- Freitas

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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 the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 
 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 63.2 a section numbered 63.2-1616 as follows:
 
 
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 63.2-1616. Shelters for victims of domestic violence; population served.
 
 
A 
 shelter for victims of domestic violence  may be established for the purpose of 
 providing services to individuals of a single sex and may exclude individuals who are not of that sex from the registered 
 shelter.