Assault and battery; sports official; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit an assault or assault and battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a sports official, defined in the bill, for an entity sponsoring an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event or any person performing services as a sports official for a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization that sponsors an amateur sports event who is engaged in the performance of his duties. The bill requires such person, upon conviction, be prohibited from attending any such sports event operated by the entity or organization that employed such sports official for a period of not less than six months as a term and condition of such sentence.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 18.2-57
Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute: 18.2-57
Courts of Justice Substitute: 18.2-57