Legislation - HB0616

Title: Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
Sponsored by: Delegates Hutchinson, Adams, Sample-Hughes, and Schmidt
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and prohibiting a person from willfully destroying, damaging, defacing, or removing landscaping or part of the grounds of a cemetery.

Committees

Original:: Judiciary

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0421

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0593 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/23/2025 Legislative Date 1/23/2025 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/27/2025 Legislative Date 1/27/2025 Action Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	1/23/2025	1/23/2025	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
House	1/27/2025	1/27/2025	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.

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