Assault and battery; public transportation service vehicle operators; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit an assault or an assault and battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is an operator of a vehicle operated by a public transportation service who is engaged in the performance of his duties. The bill requires the sentence of such person, upon conviction, to prohibit such person from entering or riding in any vehicle operated by the public transportation service that employed such operator for a period of not less than six months as a term and condition of such sentence and makes a violation of such prohibition a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Statutes affected:
House: Presented and ordered printed 23103484D: 18.2-57
Senate: Committee substitute printed 23107099D-S1: 18.2-57, 18.2-160.2
House: Conference substitute printed 23107501D-H1: 18.2-57, 18.2-160.2
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2330ER): 18.2-57, 18.2-160.2
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549): 18.2-57, 18.2-160.2