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Assault and battery; serious bodily injury; penalty. Creates a Class 6 felony for any person who commits an assault and battery that results in serious bodily injury, as defined in relevant law, but does not rise to the level of the current offenses of unlawful or malicious wounding. The bill adds such new offense to the list of violent felony offenses for the purposes of the discretionary sentencing guidelines. A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 17.1-805, 18.2-57, 18.2-160.2, 19.2-392.12, as it shall become effective, 37.2-416.1, and 37.2-506.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assault and battery; serious bodily injury; penalty.