Fixing period of suspension of sentence; sexual battery; sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age. Allows the court to fix the period of suspension of sentence for a period not to exceed three years for the offenses of sexual battery and sexual abuse of a child 13 years of age or older but under 15 years of age. Current law allows a court to fix the period of suspension for up to the maximum period for which the defendant might originally have been sentenced to be imprisoned.

Statutes affected:
House: Presented and ordered printed 24104563D: 19.2-303.1
House: Committee substitute printed 24106734D-H1: 19.2-303.1
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1427ER): 19.2-303.1
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0485): 19.2-303.1