Any member of the General Assembly, any clerk thereof or his assistants, the Lieutenant Governor or the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate or the House who is alleged to have committed a criminal offense as defined in § 18.2-8, shall be subject at any time to be charged, arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned for such offense.
Code 1919, § 300; 1975, c. 427; 1997, c. 471.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 1 - General Assembly and Officers Thereof
§ 30-1. Time and place of meeting of General Assembly
§ 30-2. Meeting at place appointed by Governor
§ 30-3. How convened in extra session
§ 30-6. Privilege of members, clerks and clerks' assistants, and Lieutenant Governor from arrest
§ 30-7. Members, clerks, assistants, etc., subject to arrest for criminal offenses
§ 30-8. Member must obey writ of habeas corpus
§ 30-9. Privilege of members for words spoken or written
§ 30-10. Attendance of witnesses; production of evidence
§ 30-11. Who to administer oaths to witnesses
§ 30-12. Duties of officers of each house
§ 30-14. Clerk to be Keeper of the Rolls; other duties
§ 30-14.01. Certifying copy of act; fee
§ 30-14.1. Enrollment of act to codify the laws; printing and distribution
§ 30-14.2. Reenrollment of bills amended in accordance with recommendations of Governor
§ 30-14.3. Keeper of the Rolls authorized to correct typographical errors, etc., in legislation
§ 30-15. Index to Senate journal
§ 30-15.1. Deputy clerks of the Senate; certification of records
§ 30-15.1:1. Use of Senate armorial bearings; penalty
§ 30-15.2. Distribution of Code, supplements and replacement volumes to members of Senate
§ 30-16. Books and maps of committees; original bills
§ 30-16.1. Correction of misspellings in bills and resolutions already introduced
§ 30-17. Alteration, secretion or destruction of pending bills or resolutions
§ 30-19. How Constitution amended
§ 30-19.03:1.2. Unemployment compensation bills affecting net revenues of the Commonwealth
§ 30-19.03:2. Legislative summaries
§ 30-19.1:7. Bills related to the Virginia Retirement System; impact statements
§ 30-19.1:9. Duration of state boards and commissions
§ 30-19.1:11. Legislation that creates or renews tax credits
§ 30-19.1:13. Racial and ethnic impact statements for criminal justice legislation
§ 30-19.3. Prefiling of bills and resolutions
§ 30-19.5. Supervisory control of Division of Legislative Services
§ 30-19.8. Collection of information by legislative study groups; policy
§ 30-19.8:1. Due dates for legislative reports
§ 30-19.8:2. Absences on legislative commissions
§ 30-19.9. Distribution of information on proposed constitutional amendments to voters
§ 30-19.10. Distribution of information on proposed questions to be submitted to voters