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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Bill."
description: "Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 1289 of the2020 Acts of Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5005"
citation: "Virginia HB 5005 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 167
vote_count: 70
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-11-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7bb5eff-59e4-4a77-b944-82c2bb5f040d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5005"
source_hash: "166f4224b1b367b160c0a51baccb0623b6b0fb99b31fcb2606180abb0df11fa6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5005 (2020specialI) — Budget Bill.
Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 1289 of the2020 Acts of Assembly.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **B202021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+B202021)
2. **B202022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+B202022)
3. **B202023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+B202023)
4. **B202024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+B202024)
## Votes
- VOTE: Pass By (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (53-Y 43-N) — **52–43** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 34-N) — **60–34** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 94-N) — **0–93** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1, #9 and #10 (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N) — **52–43** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 3-N) — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (51-Y 44-N 1-A) — **50–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 12-N) — **84–12** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To #2 (49-Y 48-N) — **48–48** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (56-Y 41-N 1-A) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 31-N) — **63–31** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (52-Y 46-N) — **51–46** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (51-Y 43-N) — **50–43** (pass) · lower
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #7 (9-Y 30-N) — **9–30** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (51-Y 48-N) — **50–48** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 22-N 1-A) — **72–22** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 39-N) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (82-Y 14-N) — **81–14** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 2-N) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (70-Y 27-N) — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (66-Y 32-N) — **65–32** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (47-Y 52-N) — **46–52** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N 2-A) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (12-Y 27-N) — **12–27** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N) — **51–44** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 43-N) — **53–43** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 9-N) — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 41-N) — **54–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (55-Y 41-N) — **54–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (49-Y 45-N) — **48–45** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (53-Y 44-N) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation #3 agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption #2 (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (15-Y 24-N) — **15–24** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #5 (23-Y 16-N) — **23–16** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed rejected (22-Y 14-N) — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #8 (19-Y 19-N 1-A) — **19–19** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Pass By (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (63-Y 35-N) — **62–35** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Fin. and Approp. with amends as substituted for House amends (14-Y 2-N) — **14–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N) — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (52-Y 43-N) — **51–43** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200643D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** Member Budget amendments available
- **2020-09-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-29** Uncontested committee amendments agreed to (97-Y 1-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 50 #1h agreed to (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 79 #1h agreed to (55-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 113 #1h agreed to (70-Y 27-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (70-Y 27-N)
- **2020-09-29** Pending question ordered for contested committee amendment Item 114 #1h
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 114 #1h agreed to (73-Y 22-N 1-A)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 22-N 1-A)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 141 #1h agreed to (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 145 #1h agreed to (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 145 #2h agreed to (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 145 #4h agreed to (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 145 #5h agreed to (95-Y 2-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 2-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 221 #1h agreed to (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 262.80 #1h agreed to (93-Y 3-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 3-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 299 #2h agreed to (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 300 #1h passed by temporarily
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 313 #1h agreed to (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 372 #1h agreed to (85-Y 12-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 12-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 477 #1h agreed to (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 479.10 #1h agreed to (58-Y 39-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 39-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 479.20 #1h agreed to (94-Y 1-N 2-A)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N 2-A)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 479.40 #1h agreed to (52-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 482.20 #1h agreed to (88-Y 9-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 9-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 482.20 #2h agreed to (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 482.20 #3h agreed to (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 482.20 #6h agreed to (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item C-61.50 #1h agreed to (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 76.10 #1h agreed to (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 4.01 #1h agreed to (64-Y 31-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 31-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 4-8.01 #1h agreed to (82-Y 14-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (82-Y 14-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 4-14 #1h agreed to (56-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 4-14 #2h agreed to (61-Y 34-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 34-N)
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 300 #1h agreed to (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-29** Committee amendment Item 482.20 #2h reconsidered
- **2020-09-29** Contested committee amendment Item 482.20 #2h agreed to (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Adoption #2 (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Cole to Item 1 #1h agreed to (55-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (55-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Wilt to Item 113 #1h agreed to (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Byron to Item 301 #1h agreed to (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Webert to Item 403 #1h agreed to (53-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (53-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Rush to Item 429 #1h agreed to (54-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Miyares to Item 429 #2h agreed to (51-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (51-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Brewer to Item 477 #1h agreed to (52-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (52-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Campbell, R. to Item 477 #2h agreed to (51-Y 44-N 1-A)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (51-Y 44-N 1-A)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Coyner to Item 479.10 #1h agreed to (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to to pass by amendment by Delegate Wilt to Item 482.20 #2h agreed to (49-Y 45-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (49-Y 45-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate LaRock to Item 4-0.01 #1h agreed to (56-Y 41-N 1-A)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (56-Y 41-N 1-A)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate LaRock to Item 4-0.01 #2h agreed to (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate LaRock to Item 4-0.01 #3h agreed to (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Byron to Item 4-0.01 #4h agreed to (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Pass By (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (97-Y 1-N)
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Agree To (97-Y 1-N)
- **2020-09-29** Passed House (58-Y 40-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N)
- **2020-10-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-10-01** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-07** Reported from Fin. and Approp. with amends as substituted for House amends (14-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-07** Constitutional reading dispensed rejected (22-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-14** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-10-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-10-14** Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 94-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 94-N)
- **2020-10-14** Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 1-N)
- **2020-10-14** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-14** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-14** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-14** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-16** Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N)
- **2020-10-16** Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-16** VOTE: Agreed To (63-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-29** Enrolled
- **2020-10-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-29** Signed by President
- **2020-10-29** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 29, 2020
- **2020-10-29** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., November 5, 2020
- **2020-11-05** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Agree To (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation #2 passed by for the day
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 (66-Y 32-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Agree To (66-Y 32-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation #4 passed by for the day
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #5 (52-Y 46-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Agree To (52-Y 46-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation #6 passed by for the day
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #7 (51-Y 48-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Agree To (51-Y 48-N)
- **2020-11-09** House rejected Governor's recommendation #8 (47-Y 52-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Agree To (47-Y 52-N)
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #9 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Agree To (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation #8 agreed to
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #8 (49-Y 48-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Agree To #2 (49-Y 48-N)
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #10 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Agree To (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1, #9 and #10 (37-Y 2-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (15-Y 24-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #5 (23-Y 16-N)
- **2020-11-09** Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation #3 agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (12-Y 27-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #7 (9-Y 30-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #8 (19-Y 19-N 1-A)
- **2020-11-09** Chair votes Yea
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (HB5005ER2)
- **2020-11-16** Reennrolled bill communicated to Governor on November 16, 2020
- **2020-11-16** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., December 9, 2020
- **2020-11-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 56 (effective 11/18/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7bb5eff-59e4-4a77-b944-82c2bb5f040d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an unlawful use of excessive force, penalties."
description: "Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an excessive use of force; penalties. Requires that any law-enforcement officer who witnesses another law-enforcement officer, in the performance of his official duties, engaging or attempting to engage in the use of excessive force, defined in the bill, against another person shall intervene, when such intervention is objectively reasonable and possible, to end the use of excessive force or attempted use of excessive force, or to prevent the further use of excessive force. The bill also requires a law-enforcement officer to render aid, as circumstances objectively permit, to any person injured as the result of such use of excessive force. The bill states that the knowing failure to intervene in the use of nondeadly excessive force is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor and the knowing failure to intervene in the use of excessive force that is deadly force is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill punishes the knowing failure to intervene in the use of excessive force that leads to death or if the victim is thereby severely injured and is caused to suffer permanent and significant physical impairment as a Class 4 felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5029"
citation: "Virginia HB 5029 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1687b601-b455-40f6-b4e5-6e4e92b89fa4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5029"
source_hash: "c0bed2d1bffe7ee615ccfc5b1502b4cc46d556fb0b2311b7808a5fff3081b0b2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5029 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an unlawful use of excessive force, penalties.
Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an excessive use of force; penalties. Requires that any law-enforcement officer who witnesses another law-enforcement officer, in the performance of his official duties, engaging or attempting to engage in the use of excessive force, defined in the bill, against another person shall intervene, when such intervention is objectively reasonable and possible, to end the use of excessive force or attempted use of excessive force, or to prevent the further use of excessive force. The bill also requires a law-enforcement officer to render aid, as circumstances objectively permit, to any person injured as the result of such use of excessive force. The bill states that the knowing failure to intervene in the use of nondeadly excessive force is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor and the knowing failure to intervene in the use of excessive force that is deadly force is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill punishes the knowing failure to intervene in the use of excessive force that leads to death or if the victim is thereby severely injured and is caused to suffer permanent and significant physical impairment as a Class 4 felony.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0025)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5029ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5029S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029S2)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5029S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029S1)
5. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029)
6. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029H1)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N) — **20–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) — **12–4** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N) — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200388D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029)
- **2020-08-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB5029)
- **2020-08-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute printed 20201020D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029H1)
- **2020-08-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5029H1)
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20201020D-H1
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5029H1
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201180D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5029S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Floor substitute printed 20201297D-S2 (Locke)
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute rejected
- **2020-10-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-02** Substitute by Senator Locke agreed to
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5029S2
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201297D-S2 (57-Y 39-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N)
- **2020-10-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB5029S2)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB5029ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1687b601-b455-40f6-b4e5-6e4e92b89fa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospice facilities; public health emergency, etc."
description: "Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices; visitation; public health emergency. Requires the Board of Health to amend regulations governing nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices to require that, during a public health emergency related to COVID-19, each nursing home, certified nursing facility, and hospice establish a protocol to allow each patient to receive visits, consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as directed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Board of Health. The bill contains an emergency clause and requires the Department of Health to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment. This bill is identical to SB 5042."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5041"
citation: "Virginia HB 5041 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22caa1fc-294a-4771-b7e7-eb7f834fe8d8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5041"
source_hash: "d177ebf5b672900c920dd18dec76b9afa9e70a5455785777f684b793208e93f0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5041 (2020specialI) — Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospice facilities; public health emergency, etc.
Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices; visitation; public health emergency. Requires the Board of Health to amend regulations governing nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices to require that, during a public health emergency related to COVID-19, each nursing home, certified nursing facility, and hospice establish a protocol to allow each patient to receive visits, consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as directed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Board of Health. The bill contains an emergency clause and requires the Department of Health to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment. This bill is identical to SB 5042.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0010)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5041ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5041ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB5041EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5041EH1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5041)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5041)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5041H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5041H1)
## Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage Emergency (94-Y 0-N) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200220D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB5041)
- **2020-08-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-25** Committee substitute printed 20201010D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB5041H1)
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20201010D-H1
- **2020-08-27** Emergency clause added
- **2020-08-27** Amendments by Delegate Head agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB5041EH1
- **2020-08-27** Printed as engrossed 20201010D-EH1
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB5041EH1)
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed bill reprinted 20201010D-EH1
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-28** VOTE: Passage Emergency (94-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-29** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB5041ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 10/21/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22caa1fc-294a-4771-b7e7-eb7f834fe8d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health crises; DCJS to assist DBHDS, etc., with development of Marcus alert system."
description: "Mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) shall develop and establish a mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system throughout the Commonwealth. The bill directs DBHDS, in collaboration with DCJS, law enforcement, and other stakeholders, to submit a plan for the establishment of a Marcus alert system no later than July 1, 2021. The bill directs DCJS to develop a plan by July 1, 2021 outlining (i) DCJS's and law-enforcement agencies' roles and engagement with the development of the Marcus alert system; (ii) DCJS's role in the development of minimum standards, best practices, and the review and approval of the protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system; and (iii) plans for measuring progress toward the goals for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system.The bill provides that DBHDS and DCJS shall collaborate to ensure that DBHDS maintains purview over best practices to promote a behavioral health response through the use of a mobile crisis response to behavioral health crises whenever possible, or law-enforcement backup of a mobile crisis response when necessary, and that DCJS maintains purview over requirements associated with decreased use of force and body-worn camera system policies and enforcement of such policies in the protocols established pursuant to the bill.The bill provides that, by December 1, 2021, DBHDS shall establish five Marcus alert programs and community care or mobile crisis teams, one located in each of the five DBHDS regions. By July 1, 2023, DBHDS shall establish five additional Marcus alert system programs and community care or mobile crisis teams in such regions. Community services boards or behavioral health authorities that serve the largest populations in each region, unless previously selected, shall be selected for the five additional programs. Additional systems and teams are to be established in subsequent years and, by July 1, 2026, all community services board or behavioral health authority geographical areas shall have established a Marcus alert system that uses community care or mobile crisis teams. The bill provides that, by July 1, 2021, every locality shall establish a voluntary database to be made available to the 9-1-1 alert system and the Marcus alert system to provide mental health information and emergency contact information for response to an emergency or crisis. By July 1, 2022, every locality shall have established local protocols that meet requirements developed by DBHDS for (a) diversion of certain 9-1-1 calls to crisis call centers and (b) the participation of law enforcement in the Marcus alert system. Also by July 1, 2022, every locality shall have established protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system. A \"community care team\" is defined in the bill as a team of mental health service providers, and may include registered peer recovery specialists and law-enforcement officers as a team, with the mental health service providers leading such team, to help stabilize individuals in crisis situations. A \"comprehensive crisis system\" is defined in the bill as a continuum of care established by DBHDS and DCJS and includes a crisis call center, community care and mobile crisis teams, crisis stabilization centers, and the Marcus alert system. A \"mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system\" or \"Marcus alert system\" is defined in the bill as a set of protocols to (1) initiate a behavioral health response to a behavioral health crisis, including for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis secondary to mental illness, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, or any combination thereof; (2) divert such individuals to the behavioral health or developmental services system whenever feasible; and (3) facilitate a specialized response by law enforcement when diversion is not feasible. A \"mobile crisis team\" is defined in the bill as a team of one or more qualified or licensed mental health professionals and may include a registered peer recovery specialist or a family support partner. This bill is identical to SB 5038."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5043"
citation: "Virginia HB 5043 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 58
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-11-05"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c85610-1ac6-4f6e-b70d-a8c26650a5b2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5043"
source_hash: "b9686d3f23f3802c436422b4a86d9d1cade4f721c0e51159052c79e63194ea24"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5043 (2020specialI) — Mental health crises; DCJS to assist DBHDS, etc., with development of Marcus alert system.
Mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) shall develop and establish a mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system throughout the Commonwealth. The bill directs DBHDS, in collaboration with DCJS, law enforcement, and other stakeholders, to submit a plan for the establishment of a Marcus alert system no later than July 1, 2021. The bill directs DCJS to develop a plan by July 1, 2021 outlining (i) DCJS's and law-enforcement agencies' roles and engagement with the development of the Marcus alert system; (ii) DCJS's role in the development of minimum standards, best practices, and the review and approval of the protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system; and (iii) plans for measuring progress toward the goals for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system.The bill provides that DBHDS and DCJS shall collaborate to ensure that DBHDS maintains purview over best practices to promote a behavioral health response through the use of a mobile crisis response to behavioral health crises whenever possible, or law-enforcement backup of a mobile crisis response when necessary, and that DCJS maintains purview over requirements associated with decreased use of force and body-worn camera system policies and enforcement of such policies in the protocols established pursuant to the bill.The bill provides that, by December 1, 2021, DBHDS shall establish five Marcus alert programs and community care or mobile crisis teams, one located in each of the five DBHDS regions. By July 1, 2023, DBHDS shall establish five additional Marcus alert system programs and community care or mobile crisis teams in such regions. Community services boards or behavioral health authorities that serve the largest populations in each region, unless previously selected, shall be selected for the five additional programs. Additional systems and teams are to be established in subsequent years and, by July 1, 2026, all community services board or behavioral health authority geographical areas shall have established a Marcus alert system that uses community care or mobile crisis teams. The bill provides that, by July 1, 2021, every locality shall establish a voluntary database to be made available to the 9-1-1 alert system and the Marcus alert system to provide mental health information and emergency contact information for response to an emergency or crisis. By July 1, 2022, every locality shall have established local protocols that meet requirements developed by DBHDS for (a) diversion of certain 9-1-1 calls to crisis call centers and (b) the participation of law enforcement in the Marcus alert system. Also by July 1, 2022, every locality shall have established protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system. A "community care team" is defined in the bill as a team of mental health service providers, and may include registered peer recovery specialists and law-enforcement officers as a team, with the mental health service providers leading such team, to help stabilize individuals in crisis situations. A "comprehensive crisis system" is defined in the bill as a continuum of care established by DBHDS and DCJS and includes a crisis call center, community care and mobile crisis teams, crisis stabilization centers, and the Marcus alert system. A "mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system" or "Marcus alert system" is defined in the bill as a set of protocols to (1) initiate a behavioral health response to a behavioral health crisis, including for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis secondary to mental illness, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, or any combination thereof; (2) divert such individuals to the behavioral health or developmental services system whenever feasible; and (3) facilitate a specialized response by law enforcement when diversion is not feasible. A "mobile crisis team" is defined in the bill as a team of one or more qualified or licensed mental health professionals and may include a registered peer recovery specialist or a family support partner. This bill is identical to SB 5038.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0041)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5043ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5043ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5043H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5043H2)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5043H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5043H1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5043H3)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5043H3)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5043S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5043S1)
## Votes
- VOTE: Agreed To (59-Y 38-N) — **58–38** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 39-N) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 15-N) — **24–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed by for the day motion rejected (18-Y 20-N 1-A) — **18–20** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to reconsider passed by for the day agreed to (39-Y 1-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 3-N) — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 12-N) — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (24-Y 12-N) — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 95-N) — **0–94** (fail) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200715D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25** Committee substitute printed 20201023D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB5043H1)
- **2020-09-02** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB5043)
- **2020-09-04** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-04** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Committee substitute printed 20201114D-H2 `substitution`
- **2020-09-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-09** Public Safety Committee substitute rejected 20201023D-H1
- **2020-09-09** Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 20201114D-H2
- **2020-09-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5043H2
- **2020-09-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB5043H2)
- **2020-09-10** Passed by until after Resolutions Regular Calendar
- **2020-09-10** Read third time and passed House (57-Y 39-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-10** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 39-N)
- **2020-09-15** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-15** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201198D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB5043S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5043S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 95-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on substitute (24-Y 12-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201343D-H3
- **2020-10-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (59-Y 38-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (59-Y 38-N)
- **2020-10-14** Passed by for the day motion rejected (18-Y 20-N 1-A)
- **2020-10-14** Motion to reconsider passed by for the day agreed to (39-Y 1-N)
- **2020-10-14** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-16** Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 12-N)
- **2020-10-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB5043H3)
- **2020-10-28** Enrolled
- **2020-10-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5043ER)
- **2020-10-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-30** Signed by President
- **2020-10-30** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 30, 2020
- **2020-10-30** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., November 6, 2020
- **2020-11-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 41 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1c85610-1ac6-4f6e-b70d-a8c26650a5b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant, etc.; carnal knowledge."
description: "Carnal knowledge of an inmate, parolee, probationer, arrestee, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; local or state law-enforcement officer; penalty. Adds law-enforcement officers to those persons who are guilty of a Class 6 felony if they are in a position of authority over and carnally know without force, threat, or intimidation a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, including those in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency. In addition, the bill adds a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer to the list of those persons for whom it is unlawful for a person in such authority to commit the offense of carnal knowledge and provides that a person is in the custody of a law-enforcement officer when due to physical force, words, or actions by the law-enforcement officer, such person reasonably believes he is not free to leave under the circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5045"
citation: "Virginia HB 5045 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaea8986-e2bb-48e5-8155-a979afe18a53"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5045"
source_hash: "65fecf0026b9724ae5ac33ff8828c473f9b00420b9e2a503e35d143583b447d5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5045 (2020specialI) — Inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant, etc.; carnal knowledge.
Carnal knowledge of an inmate, parolee, probationer, arrestee, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; local or state law-enforcement officer; penalty. Adds law-enforcement officers to those persons who are guilty of a Class 6 felony if they are in a position of authority over and carnally know without force, threat, or intimidation a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, including those in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency. In addition, the bill adds a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer to the list of those persons for whom it is unlawful for a person in such authority to commit the offense of carnal knowledge and provides that a person is in the custody of a law-enforcement officer when due to physical force, words, or actions by the law-enforcement officer, such person reasonably believes he is not free to leave under the circumstances.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0026)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5045ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5045ER)
3. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5045)
4. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5045H1)
5. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5045S1)
## Votes
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 2-N) — **93–2** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200286D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045)
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB5045)
- **2020-08-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute printed 20201022D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045H1)
- **2020-08-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5045H1)
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20201022D-H1
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5045H1
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201181D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045S1)
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB5045S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5045S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5045S1
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201181D-S1 (94-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045ER)
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB5045ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaea8986-e2bb-48e5-8155-a979afe18a53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Telemedicine services; originating site."
description: "Telemedicine services; originating site. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services, regardless of the originating site or whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. \"Originating site\" is defined in the bill as any location where the patient is located, including any medical care facility or office of a health care provider, the home of the patient, the patient's place of employment, or any public or private primary or secondary school or postsecondary institution of higher education at which the person to whom services are provided is located. The bill also requires each (i) insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for telemedicine services regardless of the originating site and whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. The bill also provides that no health care provider who provides health care services via telemedicine services shall be required to use proprietary technology or applications to be reimbursed for providing telemedicine services, and requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue to reimburse health care providers for Medicaid-covered services delivered via audio-only equipment and by telemedicine services until July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 5080. &nbsp;&nbsp;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5046"
citation: "Virginia HB 5046 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81bf0eb6-deec-4837-9cac-3a3740d1bf49"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5046"
source_hash: "edf0b553c9f93e874faf7b850a448e268ac3de3dead45fb5a5e7fa973796096e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5046 (2020specialI) — Telemedicine services; originating site.
Telemedicine services; originating site. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services, regardless of the originating site or whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. "Originating site" is defined in the bill as any location where the patient is located, including any medical care facility or office of a health care provider, the home of the patient, the patient's place of employment, or any public or private primary or secondary school or postsecondary institution of higher education at which the person to whom services are provided is located. The bill also requires each (i) insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for telemedicine services regardless of the originating site and whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. The bill also provides that no health care provider who provides health care services via telemedicine services shall be required to use proprietary technology or applications to be reimbursed for providing telemedicine services, and requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue to reimburse health care providers for Medicaid-covered services delivered via audio-only equipment and by telemedicine services until July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 5080. &nbsp;&nbsp;
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0044)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0044)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5046ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5046ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5046E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5046E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5046)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5046)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (HB5046ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5046ER2)
## Votes
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200691D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB5046)
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB5046E
- **2020-08-27** Printed as engrossed 20200691D-E
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed bill reprinted 20200691D-E
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5046E)
- **2020-08-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-29** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (HB5046ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 44 (effective 11/9/20) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81bf0eb6-deec-4837-9cac-3a3740d1bf49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; manufacturers and distributors."
description: "Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; manufacturers and distributors. Prohibits any manufacturer or distributor from selling necessary goods or services at an unconscionable price during a declared state of emergency. However, the bill provides such prohibition does not apply to a manufacturer or distributor of agricultural goods or services unless it advertises its goods or services. Under current law, the prohibition from selling necessary goods or services does not apply to any manufacturer or distributor unless it advertises its goods or services to consumers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5047"
citation: "Virginia HB 5047 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6d031e9-7a55-445a-a56d-512b37eb10a7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5047"
source_hash: "27994d4a37ead2b82c8e6b292e068b8af4ba6f987fde9f9ad8e70390a3ee23cd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5047 (2020specialI) — Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; manufacturers and distributors.
Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; manufacturers and distributors. Prohibits any manufacturer or distributor from selling necessary goods or services at an unconscionable price during a declared state of emergency. However, the bill provides such prohibition does not apply to a manufacturer or distributor of agricultural goods or services unless it advertises its goods or services. Under current law, the prohibition from selling necessary goods or services does not apply to any manufacturer or distributor unless it advertises its goods or services to consumers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0016)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5047ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5047ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5047)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5047)
## Votes
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N) — **52–43** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200223D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB5047)
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-03** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-04** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB5047ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6d031e9-7a55-445a-a56d-512b37eb10a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information about cases."
description: "Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information; emergency. Requires the Department of Health to make information about outbreaks of communicable diseases of public health threat at any medical care facility, residential or day program, service or facility licensed or operated by any agency of the Commonwealth, school, or summer camp currently required to report an outbreak of a communicable disease to the Department available to the public on a website maintained by the Department. Such information shall include the name of the place at which the outbreak has occurred and the number of confirmed cases of and deaths resulting from such communicable disease reported by each such place. This bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5048"
citation: "Virginia HB 5048 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/233e0896-dbca-4722-9a37-e2626f6f674a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5048"
source_hash: "0adbfba13be3b5e610934bce314b0e8c2c44d6aadc4d1d569ab396a19017ac49"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5048 (2020specialI) — Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information about cases.
Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information; emergency. Requires the Department of Health to make information about outbreaks of communicable diseases of public health threat at any medical care facility, residential or day program, service or facility licensed or operated by any agency of the Commonwealth, school, or summer camp currently required to report an outbreak of a communicable disease to the Department available to the public on a website maintained by the Department. Such information shall include the name of the place at which the outbreak has occurred and the number of confirmed cases of and deaths resulting from such communicable disease reported by each such place. This bill contains an emergency clause.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0012)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0012)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5048ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5048ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5048E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5048)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5048E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5048E)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200644D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-08-27** Emergency clause added
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB5048E
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB5048)
- **2020-08-27** Printed as engrossed 20200644D-E
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB5048E)
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-29** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB5048ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 12 (effective 10/21/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/233e0896-dbca-4722-9a37-e2626f6f674a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition and use of military property."
description: "Acquisition and use of military property by law-enforcement agencies. Provides that no state or local law-enforcement agency shall acquire or purchase (i) weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles; (ii) aircraft that are configured for combat or are combat-coded and have no established commercial flight application; (iii) grenades or similar explosives or grenade launchers from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (iv) armored multi-wheeled vehicles that are mine-resistant, ambush-protected, and configured for combat from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (v) bayonets; (vi) firearms of .50 caliber or higher; (vii) ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; or (viii) weaponized tracked armored vehicles. These provisions do not apply to the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. The bill prohibits the use of such military property by a law-enforcement officer unless a waiver has been granted by the Criminal Justice Services Board. The bill prohibits the use of kinetic impact munitions unless their use is necessary to protect a law-enforcement officer or another person from bodily injury. \"Kinetic impact munitions\" includes impact rounds and baton rounds, such as rubber batons, bean bag rounds, foam baton rounds, and plastic, wax, wood, or rubber-coated projectiles. The bill directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to establish training standards for law enforcement on the use of kinetic impact munitions and tear gas. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5049"
citation: "Virginia HB 5049 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 69
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-11-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2e7e5a2-8d20-4c10-ba2a-a60a8cbe6297"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5049"
source_hash: "67c1631011d1db4a4a75a29b856b2493bb4919bc59167d9aefc89ce1e8ba0d5f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5049 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition and use of military property.
Acquisition and use of military property by law-enforcement agencies. Provides that no state or local law-enforcement agency shall acquire or purchase (i) weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles; (ii) aircraft that are configured for combat or are combat-coded and have no established commercial flight application; (iii) grenades or similar explosives or grenade launchers from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (iv) armored multi-wheeled vehicles that are mine-resistant, ambush-protected, and configured for combat from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (v) bayonets; (vi) firearms of .50 caliber or higher; (vii) ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; or (viii) weaponized tracked armored vehicles. These provisions do not apply to the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. The bill prohibits the use of such military property by a law-enforcement officer unless a waiver has been granted by the Criminal Justice Services Board. The bill prohibits the use of kinetic impact munitions unless their use is necessary to protect a law-enforcement officer or another person from bodily injury. "Kinetic impact munitions" includes impact rounds and baton rounds, such as rubber batons, bean bag rounds, foam baton rounds, and plastic, wax, wood, or rubber-coated projectiles. The bill directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to establish training standards for law enforcement on the use of kinetic impact munitions and tear gas. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0055)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5049ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5049ER)
3. **HB5049H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5049H2)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5049S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5049S1)
5. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5049H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5049H1)
6. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5049S2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5049S2)
## Votes
- Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (27-Y 9-N) — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (3-Y 95-N) — **3–94** (fail) · lower
- Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (1-Y 95-N) — **1–94** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N) — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200730D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5049)
- **2020-08-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB5049)
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-03** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute printed 20201002D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-08** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5049H1)
- **2020-09-08** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB5049H1)
- **2020-09-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-09** Amendment by Delegate Helmer withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-09-09** Committee substitute agreed to 20201002D-H1
- **2020-09-09** Pending question ordered
- **2020-09-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5049H1
- **2020-09-10** Passed by until after Resolutions Regular Calendar
- **2020-09-10** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-10** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-15** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-15** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201182D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB5049S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Floor substitute printed 20201300D-S2 (Locke)
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute rejected
- **2020-10-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-02** Substitute by Senator Locke withdrawn
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201182D-S1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5049S1
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5049S2)
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 95-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Rejected (1-Y 95-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on amendment (27-Y 9-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-13** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-13** Conference substitute printed 20201364D-H2
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB5049ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-11-09** House rejected Governor's recommendation (3-Y 95-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Rejected (3-Y 95-N)
- **2020-11-16** Communicated to Governor on November 16, 2020
- **2020-11-16** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., December 9, 2020
- **2020-11-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2e7e5a2-8d20-4c10-ba2a-a60a8cbe6297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor, purchase of PPE."
description: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor; purchase of personal protective equipment during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat. Grants the Governor authority during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared to establish a program through which the Governor may purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for private, nongovernmental entities and distribute the PPE to such private, nongovernmental entities. The bill exempts the Governor's procurement of such PPE from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act, but requires the Governor to provide for competition where practicable and include a written statement regarding the basis for awarding any contract. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to consult with and survey private, nongovernmental entities prior to implementing any such program in order to assess demand for participation in the program, as well as the quantity and types of personal protective equipment such entities would like to procure. This bill is identical to SB 5039."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5050"
citation: "Virginia HB 5050 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c546b76-2df8-4cca-a361-eab6439d08c9"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5050 (2020specialI) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor, purchase of PPE.
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor; purchase of personal protective equipment during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat. Grants the Governor authority during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared to establish a program through which the Governor may purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for private, nongovernmental entities and distribute the PPE to such private, nongovernmental entities. The bill exempts the Governor's procurement of such PPE from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act, but requires the Governor to provide for competition where practicable and include a written statement regarding the basis for awarding any contract. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to consult with and survey private, nongovernmental entities prior to implementing any such program in order to assess demand for participation in the program, as well as the quantity and types of personal protective equipment such entities would like to procure. This bill is identical to SB 5039.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0038)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5050ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5050ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5050E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5050E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5050)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5050)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5050S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5050S1)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws with amendments (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendments (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N 1-A) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (35-Y 1-N) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 94-N) — **0–93** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (67-Y 30-N) — **66–30** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200767D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5050)
- **2020-08-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-24** Reported from General Laws with amendments (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations with amendments (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee amendments from General Laws agreed to
- **2020-09-03** Committee amendments from Apropriations agreed to
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB5050E
- **2020-09-03** Printed as engrossed 20200767D-E
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N)
- **2020-09-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB5050E)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-18** Committee substitute printed 20201221D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB5050S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5050S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 94-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on substitute (35-Y 1-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-13** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (67-Y 30-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (67-Y 30-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB5050ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 38 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c546b76-2df8-4cca-a361-eab6439d08c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers or jail officers; notice to Criminal Justice Services Board of misconduct."
description: "Decertification of law-enforcement officer. Requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing within 48 hours of becoming aware that any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has been terminated for engaging in misconduct, as set forth in the bill. The bill requires the Board to initiate decertification proceedings against any current or former law-enforcement or jail officer who has engaged in such activities. The bill also requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Board and a civilian review panel, if one has been established, if any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has received three complaints of excessive use of force in the previous five years, and any recommendations made by the civilian review panel concerning such complaints shall be forwarded to the Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5051"
citation: "Virginia HB 5051 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5051 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officers or jail officers; notice to Criminal Justice Services Board of misconduct.
Decertification of law-enforcement officer. Requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing within 48 hours of becoming aware that any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has been terminated for engaging in misconduct, as set forth in the bill. The bill requires the Board to initiate decertification proceedings against any current or former law-enforcement or jail officer who has engaged in such activities. The bill also requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Board and a civilian review panel, if one has been established, if any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has received three complaints of excessive use of force in the previous five years, and any recommendations made by the civilian review panel concerning such complaints shall be forwarded to the Board.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0027)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5051ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5051ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5051E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5051E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5051)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5051)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5051S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5051S1)
## Votes
- Reported from Public Safety with amendments (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 16-N) — **78–16** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 7-N) — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N) — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200474D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Public Safety with amendments (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB5051)
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB5051E
- **2020-09-03** Printed as engrossed 20200474D-E
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB5051E)
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201183D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5051S1)
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201183D-S1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5051S1
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201183D-S1 (79-Y 16-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 16-N)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB5051ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 27 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c42a7c3-3cac-42e8-b5e3-c5183120b5c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal holidays; Juneteenth."
description: "Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to SB 5031."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5052"
citation: "Virginia HB 5052 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-13"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609c61a4-5b07-4abc-a495-39b6eee5f037"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5052"
source_hash: "c4ea3493b21729b6bc246939ef935766ca0be1d9e38927c8645a5440c216929d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5052 (2020specialI) — Legal holidays; Juneteenth.
Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to SB 5031.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0004)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5052ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5052ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5052)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5052)
## Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200580D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB5052)
- **2020-08-24** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Enrolled
- **2020-10-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-02** Signed by President
- **2020-10-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB5052ER)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- **2020-10-07** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609c61a4-5b07-4abc-a495-39b6eee5f037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; localities may establish, duties, effective date."
description: "Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Authorizes a locality to establish a law-enforcement civilian oversight body that may (i) receive, investigate, and issue findings on complaints from civilians regarding conduct of law-enforcement officers and civilian employees; (ii) investigate and issue findings on incidents, including the use of force by a law-enforcement officer, death or serious injury to any person held in custody, serious abuse of authority or misconduct, allegedly discriminatory stops, and other incidents regarding the conduct of law-enforcement officers or civilian employees; (iii) make binding disciplinary determinations in cases that involve serious breaches of departmental and professional standards; (iv) investigate policies, practices, and procedures of law-enforcement agencies and make recommendations regarding changes to such policies, practices, and procedures; (v) review all investigations conducted internally by law-enforcement agencies and issue findings regarding the accuracy, completeness, and impartiality of such investigations and the sufficiency of any discipline resulting from such investigations; (vi) request reports of the annual expenditures of law-enforcement agencies and make budgetary recommendations; (vii) make public reports on the activities of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body; and (viii) undertake any other duties as reasonably necessary for the law-enforcement civilian oversight body to effectuate its lawful purpose to effectively oversee the law-enforcement agencies as authorized by the locality. Such oversight bodies are not authorized to oversee sheriff's departments. The bill provides that a law-enforcement officer who is subject to a binding disciplinary determination may file a grievance requesting a final hearing pursuant to the locality's local grievance procedures. The bill also provides that a retired law-enforcement officer may serve on such law-enforcement civilian oversight body as an advisory, nonvoting ex officio member. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021, and is identical to SB 5035."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5055"
citation: "Virginia HB 5055 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85c7037-cfe1-40ce-b57a-23057cb9ba7a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5055"
source_hash: "f074930a54dbac7e9b551e5597d66caaa532922d4c20d88b2a03eda9988dae1d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5055 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; localities may establish, duties, effective date.
Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Authorizes a locality to establish a law-enforcement civilian oversight body that may (i) receive, investigate, and issue findings on complaints from civilians regarding conduct of law-enforcement officers and civilian employees; (ii) investigate and issue findings on incidents, including the use of force by a law-enforcement officer, death or serious injury to any person held in custody, serious abuse of authority or misconduct, allegedly discriminatory stops, and other incidents regarding the conduct of law-enforcement officers or civilian employees; (iii) make binding disciplinary determinations in cases that involve serious breaches of departmental and professional standards; (iv) investigate policies, practices, and procedures of law-enforcement agencies and make recommendations regarding changes to such policies, practices, and procedures; (v) review all investigations conducted internally by law-enforcement agencies and issue findings regarding the accuracy, completeness, and impartiality of such investigations and the sufficiency of any discipline resulting from such investigations; (vi) request reports of the annual expenditures of law-enforcement agencies and make budgetary recommendations; (vii) make public reports on the activities of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body; and (viii) undertake any other duties as reasonably necessary for the law-enforcement civilian oversight body to effectuate its lawful purpose to effectively oversee the law-enforcement agencies as authorized by the locality. Such oversight bodies are not authorized to oversee sheriff's departments. The bill provides that a law-enforcement officer who is subject to a binding disciplinary determination may file a grievance requesting a final hearing pursuant to the locality's local grievance procedures. The bill also provides that a retired law-enforcement officer may serve on such law-enforcement civilian oversight body as an advisory, nonvoting ex officio member. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021, and is identical to SB 5035.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0029)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0029)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5055ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5055ER)
3. **HB5055H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5055H2)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5055H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5055)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5055H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5055H1)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5055S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5055S1)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (7-Y 2-N) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (21-Y 15-N) — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (1-Y 92-N) — **1–91** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 41-N) — **53–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (53-Y 35-N) — **52–35** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200472D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25** Committee substitute printed 20200962D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-25** Substitute bill reprinted 20200962D-H1
- **2020-08-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5055H1)
- **2020-08-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20200962D-H1
- **2020-08-28** Amendment by Delegate Wilt passed by (54-Y 41-N)
- **2020-08-28** VOTE: Pass By (54-Y 41-N)
- **2020-08-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5055H1
- **2020-09-03** Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-03** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)
- **2020-09-04** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB5055)
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-04** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (7-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201194D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB5055S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5055S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 92-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (1-Y 92-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on substitute (21-Y 15-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201374D-H2
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (53-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB5055ER)
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 29 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b85c7037-cfe1-40ce-b57a-23057cb9ba7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana and certain traffic offenses; issuing citations, etc,"
description: "Issuing citations; possession of marijuana and certain traffic offenses. Changes from a primary offense to a secondary offense the possession of marijuana and the traffic infractions of operating a motor vehicle (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle. A secondary offense is one for which a summons can only be issued if the offender is stopped for another, separate offense. The bill also provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully search or seize any person, place, or thing during a traffic stop solely on the basis of the odor of marijuana, and no evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful search or seizure shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill prohibits the enactment of a local ordinance establishing a primary offense when the corresponding provision in the Code of Virginia is a secondary offense. The bill prohibits any local ordinance relating to the ownership or maintenance of a motor vehicle from being cause to stop or arrest a driver of a motor vehicle unless such violation is a jailable offense. The bill prohibits a law-enforcement officer from issuing a citation for jaywalking or entering a highway where the pedestrian cannot be seen unless the pedestrian is also stopped for another, separate offense. The bill provides that law-enforcement officers are not permitted to stop a motor vehicle for an expired safety inspection or registration sticker until the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date. The bill also provides that no evidence discovered or obtained due to an impermissible stop is admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5058"
citation: "Virginia HB 5058 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e048bb8-2ec3-43b5-9c25-b8a60378ff96"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5058"
source_hash: "e7053b1c92fb350a74928b81713a3d72fdef984b9643df82aca13cf0512149a8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5058 (2020specialI) — Marijuana and certain traffic offenses; issuing citations, etc,
Issuing citations; possession of marijuana and certain traffic offenses. Changes from a primary offense to a secondary offense the possession of marijuana and the traffic infractions of operating a motor vehicle (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle. A secondary offense is one for which a summons can only be issued if the offender is stopped for another, separate offense. The bill also provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully search or seize any person, place, or thing during a traffic stop solely on the basis of the odor of marijuana, and no evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful search or seizure shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill prohibits the enactment of a local ordinance establishing a primary offense when the corresponding provision in the Code of Virginia is a secondary offense. The bill prohibits any local ordinance relating to the ownership or maintenance of a motor vehicle from being cause to stop or arrest a driver of a motor vehicle unless such violation is a jailable offense. The bill prohibits a law-enforcement officer from issuing a citation for jaywalking or entering a highway where the pedestrian cannot be seen unless the pedestrian is also stopped for another, separate offense. The bill provides that law-enforcement officers are not permitted to stop a motor vehicle for an expired safety inspection or registration sticker until the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date. The bill also provides that no evidence discovered or obtained due to an impermissible stop is admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0045)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5058ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5058ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5058E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5058E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5058)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5058)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5058S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5058S1)
6. **Reenrolled bill text (HB5058ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5058ER2)
## Votes
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 1-N) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 41-N) — **52–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200751D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB5058)
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Amendments by Delegate Hope agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB5058E
- **2020-09-03** Printed as engrossed 20200751D-E
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB5058E)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201175D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB5058S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5058S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201175D-S1 (53-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB5058ER)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (38-Y 1-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 (21-Y 18-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (HB5058ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 45 (effective 3/1/21) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e048bb8-2ec3-43b5-9c25-b8a60378ff96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospices, certain, home care organizations, etc.; immunity from civil liability, COVID-19."
description: "Certain hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunity from civil liability; COVID-19; emergency. Provides that a licensed hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care from a patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosed as being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shall not be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident, or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholding of care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by the emergency result in a lack of resources, attributable to the disaster, that render such hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center unable to provide the level or manner of care that otherwise would have been required in the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury or wrongful death at issue. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 5082."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5059"
citation: "Virginia HB 5059 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84cda38f-c441-4cc9-838e-b64a16dca127"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5059"
source_hash: "3a567da8358afa3947fec6ea2f81cf6e617e9498b6c79969dddee6155e9ca3ba"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5059 (2020specialI) — Hospices, certain, home care organizations, etc.; immunity from civil liability, COVID-19.
Certain hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunity from civil liability; COVID-19; emergency. Provides that a licensed hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care from a patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosed as being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shall not be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident, or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholding of care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by the emergency result in a lack of resources, attributable to the disaster, that render such hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center unable to provide the level or manner of care that otherwise would have been required in the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury or wrongful death at issue. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 5082.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0006)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5059ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5059ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5059)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5059)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage Emergency (85-Y 13-N) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200737D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5059)
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage Emergency (85-Y 13-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Enrolled
- **2020-10-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-02** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- **2020-10-07** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (effective 10/13/20) `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB5059ER)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84cda38f-c441-4cc9-838e-b64a16dca127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case."
description: "Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case. Requires a court to grant a motion to dismiss made by the Commonwealth, whether with or without prejudice, and with the consent of the defendant unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of (i) bribery or (ii) bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim. The bill provides that, upon the agreement of the Commonwealth and the defendant, a trial court may defer proceedings; defer entry of a conviction order, if none, or defer entry of a final order; and continue the case for final disposition, on such reasonable terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5062"
citation: "Virginia HB 5062 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119136ee-c50e-45d4-98e9-aa4cdf05b5fb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5062"
source_hash: "7c59e1e7fb76469c07b18ffaaff346c51a6a6ac5e55d6f1fdf09aa79a8c4d657"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5062 (2020specialI) — Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case.
Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case. Requires a court to grant a motion to dismiss made by the Commonwealth, whether with or without prejudice, and with the consent of the defendant unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of (i) bribery or (ii) bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim. The bill provides that, upon the agreement of the Commonwealth and the defendant, a trial court may defer proceedings; defer entry of a conviction order, if none, or defer entry of a final order; and continue the case for final disposition, on such reasonable terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0021)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5062ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5062S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062S3)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062S1)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5062S2)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 1-N) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 39-N) — **53–39** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200387D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201196D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S1)
- **2020-09-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Committee substitute printed 20201254D-S2 `substitution`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S2)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Judiciary Committee substitute rejected
- **2020-10-01** Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute rejected
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5062S3
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-01** Floor substitute printed 20201289D-S3 (Surovell)
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201289D-S3 (54-Y 39-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 39-N)
- **2020-10-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB5062S3)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB5062ER)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/119136ee-c50e-45d4-98e9-aa4cdf05b5fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement."
description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan. Changes from five to 14 days the amount of time that landlords who own four or fewer rental dwelling units must wait after serving written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. The bill requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the total amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the total amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement. The bill also outlines the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the total amount due and owed or enter into a payment arrangement within 14 days of receiving notice or if the tenant enters into a payment arrangement but fails to pay within 14 days of the due date any rent that becomes due under the payment plan or arrangement after such plan or arrangement becomes effective. The bill clarifies that a tenant is not precluded from participating in any other rent relief programs available to the tenant through a nonprofit organization or under the provisions of a federal, state, or local law, regulation, or action. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 5088."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5064"
citation: "Virginia HB 5064 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 60
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f435300d-e77e-49a4-b1cd-f9f8f1aec012"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5064"
source_hash: "fa982c3d34263ef069309ab462d5723f66f63f060934552417ad4483d5a02290"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5064 (2020specialI) — Virginia Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan. Changes from five to 14 days the amount of time that landlords who own four or fewer rental dwelling units must wait after serving written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. The bill requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the total amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the total amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement. The bill also outlines the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the total amount due and owed or enter into a payment arrangement within 14 days of receiving notice or if the tenant enters into a payment arrangement but fails to pay within 14 days of the due date any rent that becomes due under the payment plan or arrangement after such plan or arrangement becomes effective. The bill clarifies that a tenant is not precluded from participating in any other rent relief programs available to the tenant through a nonprofit organization or under the provisions of a federal, state, or local law, regulation, or action. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 5088.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0046)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5064ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5064ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5064E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5064E)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5064S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5064S1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5064)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5064)
6. **Reenrolled bill text (HB5064ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5064ER2)
## Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendments (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (19-Y 17-N) — **19–17** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N) — **54–41** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N) — **23–16** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 40-N) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 95-N) — **0–94** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 and #4 (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (22-Y 14-N) — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 3-N) — **10–3** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200266D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-24** Reported from General Laws with amendments (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB5064)
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB5064E
- **2020-08-27** Printed as engrossed 20200266D-E
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-28** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB5064E)
- **2020-09-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-18** Committee substitute printed 20201219D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee substitute agreed to 20201219D-S1
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5064S1
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with substitute (19-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5064S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 95-N)
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB5064S1)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on substitute (22-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 40-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 40-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB5064ER)
- **2020-10-28** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (56-Y 41-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (37-Y 2-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 and #4 (21-Y 17-N)
- **2020-11-09** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (HB5064ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 46 (effective 11/9/20) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f435300d-e77e-49a4-b1cd-f9f8f1aec012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency relief payments; automatic exemption from creditor process."
description: "Automatic exemption of emergency relief payments during a state of emergency; emergency. Automatically exempts from the creditor process emergency relief payments, as defined in the bill, paid to individuals and businesses during a state of emergency declared by the Governor. The bill further requires a financial institution receiving such payments directly from a governing body to set aside such payment as exempt from the creditor process under certain circumstances. The bill provides that, if a financial institution does not set aside such payments as exempt, the accountholder receiving such payments must claim the exemption. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5068"
citation: "Virginia HB 5068 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bca660f-0d79-4f2c-8af5-9e06b6598f83"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5068"
source_hash: "4b2834bec70ed744feee4b19c6e5c341af586acbeec8c55527f49ae251b6e16c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5068 (2020specialI) — Emergency relief payments; automatic exemption from creditor process.
Automatic exemption of emergency relief payments during a state of emergency; emergency. Automatically exempts from the creditor process emergency relief payments, as defined in the bill, paid to individuals and businesses during a state of emergency declared by the Governor. The bill further requires a financial institution receiving such payments directly from a governing body to set aside such payment as exempt from the creditor process under certain circumstances. The bill provides that, if a financial institution does not set aside such payments as exempt, the accountholder receiving such payments must claim the exemption. The bill contains an emergency clause.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0039)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0039)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5068ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5068ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5068H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5068)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5068H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5068H1)
5. **Engrossed by Senate- floor substitute HB5068S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5068S2)
6. **HB5068S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5068S1)
## Votes
- Senate insisted on substitute (34-Y 2-N) — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (83-Y 14-N) — **82–14** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (82-Y 16-N) — **81–16** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 2-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (66-Y 27-N) — **65–27** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200825D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Introduced bill reprinted 20200825D
- **2020-08-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute printed 20201042D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20201042D-H1
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5068H1
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (82-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: (82-Y 16-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201176D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute rejected
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Substitute by Senator Petersen agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate- floor substitute HB5068S2
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-01** Floor substitute printed 20201273D-S2 (Petersen)
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute rejected by House (66-Y 27-N) (Requires 78 affirmative votes to pass)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Rejected (66-Y 27-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on substitute (34-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-13** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (83-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (83-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 39 (effective 10/28/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bca660f-0d79-4f2c-8af5-9e06b6598f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints, exception, penalties."
description: "Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints. Prohibits a law-enforcement officer from using a neck restraint in the performance of his official duties and provides for disciplinary sanctions on an officer who uses a neck restraint. The bill provides an exception from the prohibition if a neck restraint is immediately necessary to protect the officer or another person.&nbsp;The bill defines \"neck restraint\" as the use of any body part or object to attempt to control or disable a person by applying pressure against the neck, including the trachea or carotid artery, with the purpose, intent, or effect of controlling or restricting the person's movement or restricting the person's blood flow or breathing, including chokeholds, carotid restraints, and lateral vascular neck restraints."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5069"
citation: "Virginia HB 5069 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98eb4c6b-d414-4d93-9028-f234cc763b05"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5069"
source_hash: "81f3c5e0325395f6d80f4037c79981b2e5e767aee608c2ceb3bcff71f2819a2f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5069 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints, exception, penalties.
Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints. Prohibits a law-enforcement officer from using a neck restraint in the performance of his official duties and provides for disciplinary sanctions on an officer who uses a neck restraint. The bill provides an exception from the prohibition if a neck restraint is immediately necessary to protect the officer or another person.&nbsp;The bill defines "neck restraint" as the use of any body part or object to attempt to control or disable a person by applying pressure against the neck, including the trachea or carotid artery, with the purpose, intent, or effect of controlling or restricting the person's movement or restricting the person's blood flow or breathing, including chokeholds, carotid restraints, and lateral vascular neck restraints.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0035)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5069ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5069ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5069S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5069S1)
4. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5069)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5069)
5. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5069H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5069H1)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N) — **20–18** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N) — **59–36** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N) — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200533D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5069)
- **2020-08-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB5069)
- **2020-08-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute printed 20201037D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5069H1)
- **2020-08-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5069H1)
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20201037D-H1
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5069H1
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201185D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB5069S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201185D-S1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5069S1
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201185D-S1 (60-Y 36-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB5069ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 35 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98eb4c6b-d414-4d93-9028-f234cc763b05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement; Attorney Gen. authorized to file civil suit or inquire into any unlawful practice."
description: "Law-enforcement misconduct. Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil suit or inquire into or seek to conciliate, through the Division of Human Rights, any unlawful pattern and practice against the Commonwealth or a locality whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that law-enforcement officers of any agency of the Commonwealth or any locality are engaging in a pattern or practice that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth. The bill also empowers the Attorney General to issue a civil investigative demand if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an unlawful pattern and practice violation has occurred. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to enter into a conciliation agreement with a locality to resolve an unlawful pattern and practice, and provides that such agreement may include a court-enforceable deprivation of certain local funds if the locality fails to abide by the agreement. This bill is identical to SB 5024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5072"
citation: "Virginia HB 5072 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc2242b6-50d2-44ce-9cd8-a7d06285678f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5072"
source_hash: "4e9ef8785a1fd3e8e2042f0b62ad18e32983550a045a65d8bc3d3006dcd1b4bd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5072 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement; Attorney Gen. authorized to file civil suit or inquire into any unlawful practice.
Law-enforcement misconduct. Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil suit or inquire into or seek to conciliate, through the Division of Human Rights, any unlawful pattern and practice against the Commonwealth or a locality whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that law-enforcement officers of any agency of the Commonwealth or any locality are engaging in a pattern or practice that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth. The bill also empowers the Attorney General to issue a civil investigative demand if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an unlawful pattern and practice violation has occurred. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to enter into a conciliation agreement with a locality to resolve an unlawful pattern and practice, and provides that such agreement may include a court-enforceable deprivation of certain local funds if the locality fails to abide by the agreement. This bill is identical to SB 5024.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0018)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5072ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5072ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5072)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5072)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5072H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5072H1)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 41-N) — **52–41** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (8-Y 1-N) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200410D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB5072)
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-03** Floor substitute printed 20201131D-H1 (LaRock)
- **2020-09-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-04** Substitute by Delegate LaRock withdrawn 20201131D-H1
- **2020-09-04** Engrossed by House
- **2020-09-08** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-08** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB5072H1)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (8-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (53-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB5072ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc2242b6-50d2-44ce-9cd8-a7d06285678f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment compensation; extends date VEC is required to establish, etc., short-time compensation."
description: "Unemployment compensation; short-time compensation; sunset repeal; emergency. Repeals two sunset provisions from legislation enacted during the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly that, among other things, established a short-time compensation program that provides employers with the option of reducing the hours worked by employees while permitting the employees whose hours are reduced to receive partial compensation for lost wages. The bill also extends the date by which the Virginia Employment Commission is required to establish and implement such short-time compensation program from January 1, 2021, to January 1, 2022. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5087"
citation: "Virginia HB 5087 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75df45ba-0827-476d-9b7d-871be16385aa"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5087"
source_hash: "8be940cf3845b5ee7285b92da46deb45801b430d014ac2fa8d81aaebb6a0b431"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5087 (2020specialI) — Unemployment compensation; extends date VEC is required to establish, etc., short-time compensation.
Unemployment compensation; short-time compensation; sunset repeal; emergency. Repeals two sunset provisions from legislation enacted during the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly that, among other things, established a short-time compensation program that provides employers with the option of reducing the hours worked by employees while permitting the employees whose hours are reduced to receive partial compensation for lost wages. The bill also extends the date by which the Virginia Employment Commission is required to establish and implement such short-time compensation program from January 1, 2021, to January 1, 2022. The bill contains an emergency clause.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0008)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5087ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5087ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5087)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5087)
## Votes
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage Emergency (79-Y 19-N) — **78–19** (pass) · lower
- Committee amendment reconsidered (39-Y 1-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Defeated by Senate (27-Y 10-N) — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 20200548D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB5087)
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-09-08** Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-08** VOTE: Passage Emergency (79-Y 19-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Defeated by Senate (27-Y 10-N)
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-01** Committee amendment reconsidered (39-Y 1-N)
- **2020-10-01** Committee amendment rejected
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB5087ER)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 8 (effective 10/21/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75df45ba-0827-476d-9b7d-871be16385aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor, executive orders, penalty."
description: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor; executive orders; penalty. Provides that a violation of an executive order declared by the Governor as the Director of Emergency Management shall be punishable either as a civil penalty of not more than $500 or as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the only penalty for such a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also mandates that a violation of an executive order that is punishable as a civil penalty shall be charged by summons and may be executed by a law-enforcement officer when such violation is observed by the officer. The proceeds of any such civil penalty that is imposed shall be paid and collected only in lawful money of the United States and paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund. This bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2023, and is identical to SB 5117."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5093"
citation: "Virginia HB 5093 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-19"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13190d90-c4a9-4768-8264-af06dd053215"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5093"
source_hash: "5d2fc9db97152fda38d67156742e45dee832e68c24c0e31ad38804fee922df10"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5093 (2020specialI) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor, executive orders, penalty.
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor; executive orders; penalty. Provides that a violation of an executive order declared by the Governor as the Director of Emergency Management shall be punishable either as a civil penalty of not more than $500 or as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the only penalty for such a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also mandates that a violation of an executive order that is punishable as a civil penalty shall be charged by summons and may be executed by a law-enforcement officer when such violation is observed by the officer. The proceeds of any such civil penalty that is imposed shall be paid and collected only in lawful money of the United States and paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund. This bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2023, and is identical to SB 5117.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0014)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5093ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5093ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5093)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5093)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 37-N) — **58–37** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (19-Y 17-N) — **19–17** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-19** Presented and ordered printed 20200838D `introduction`
- **2020-08-19** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5093)
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Read third time and passed House (61-Y 37-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-03** VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N)
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendment (19-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-29** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 37-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB5093ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13190d90-c4a9-4768-8264-af06dd053215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hate crimes; falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials, penalty."
description: "Hate crime; falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials; penalty. Increases the penalty for falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, which shall include a term of confinement of at least six months, when a person intentionally gives a false report as to the commission of any crime to any law-enforcement official, causes another to give a false report to any law-enforcement official, or calls or summons any law-enforcement official against another person because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5098"
citation: "Virginia HB 5098 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-20"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7976d6d9-f374-4306-8704-ab7aa74c4383"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5098"
source_hash: "42b2b4051e33b8d117c4d7041f7bd9ca632f4bcd6a45ee3f9ce115ba23804f82"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5098 (2020specialI) — Hate crimes; falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials, penalty.
Hate crime; falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials; penalty. Increases the penalty for falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, which shall include a term of confinement of at least six months, when a person intentionally gives a false report as to the commission of any crime to any law-enforcement official, causes another to give a false report to any law-enforcement official, or calls or summons any law-enforcement official against another person because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0022)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5098ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5098ER)
3. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5098)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5098)
4. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5098H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5098H1)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (7-Y 2-N) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-20** Presented and ordered printed 20200320D `introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5098)
- **2020-08-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute printed 20201045D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5098H1)
- **2020-08-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5098H1)
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20201045D-H1
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5098H1
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary (7-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB5098ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7976d6d9-f374-4306-8704-ab7aa74c4383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search warrants; provide notice of authority."
description: "Search warrants; provide notice of authority. Prohibits any law-enforcement officer from seeking, executing, or participating in the execution of a no-knock search warrant. The bill provides that, for all authorized search warrants, the law-enforcement officer be recognizable and identifiable as a uniformed law-enforcement officer and that he provide audible notice of his authority and purpose reasonably expected to be heard by occupants of such place to be searched prior to the execution of such search warrant. It also requires that after entering and securing the place to be searched and prior to undertaking any search or seizure pursuant to the search warrant, the executing officer shall read and give a copy of the search warrant to the person to be searched or the owner of the place to be searched or, if the owner is not present, to any occupant of the place to be searched. If the place to be searched is unoccupied, the executing law-enforcement officer shall leave a copy of the search warrant suitably affixed to the place to be searched. The bill requires search warrants to be executed only in the daytime unless (i) a judge or magistrate, if a judge is not available, authorizes the execution of such search warrant at another time for good cause shown or (ii) the search warrant is for the withdrawal of blood."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5099"
citation: "Virginia HB 5099 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-08-20"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3b4815d-7669-4a83-8d3b-ec31c919831d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5099"
source_hash: "b3085064092ed2e453de81b7cccead22ded51f9c74a0a0f704c7e51bffa84500"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5099 (2020specialI) — Search warrants; provide notice of authority.
Search warrants; provide notice of authority. Prohibits any law-enforcement officer from seeking, executing, or participating in the execution of a no-knock search warrant. The bill provides that, for all authorized search warrants, the law-enforcement officer be recognizable and identifiable as a uniformed law-enforcement officer and that he provide audible notice of his authority and purpose reasonably expected to be heard by occupants of such place to be searched prior to the execution of such search warrant. It also requires that after entering and securing the place to be searched and prior to undertaking any search or seizure pursuant to the search warrant, the executing officer shall read and give a copy of the search warrant to the person to be searched or the owner of the place to be searched or, if the owner is not present, to any occupant of the place to be searched. If the place to be searched is unoccupied, the executing law-enforcement officer shall leave a copy of the search warrant suitably affixed to the place to be searched. The bill requires search warrants to be executed only in the daytime unless (i) a judge or magistrate, if a judge is not available, authorizes the execution of such search warrant at another time for good cause shown or (ii) the search warrant is for the withdrawal of blood.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0031)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5099ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5099ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5099E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5099E)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5099S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5099S1)
5. **HB5099H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5099H1)
6. **HB5099S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5099S2)
## Votes
- Pending question ordered (19-Y 19-N) — **19–19** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N) — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (56-Y 41-N) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N) — **0–95** (fail) · lower
- Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 4-N) — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (24-Y 12-N) — **24–12** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-20** Presented and ordered printed 20200549D `introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB5099E
- **2020-09-03** Printed as engrossed 20200549D-E
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201186D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Floor substitute printed 20201294D-S2 (Locke)
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute rejected
- **2020-10-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-02** Substitute by Senator Locke withdrawn
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201186D-S1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5099S1
- **2020-10-02** Pending question ordered (19-Y 19-N)
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on amendment (24-Y 12-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201359D-H1
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (56-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (56-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 31 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3b4815d-7669-4a83-8d3b-ec31c919831d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers, deputy sheriff, etc.; minimum qualifications, disclosure of information."
description: "Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officer, etc.; disclosure of information. Provides that any sheriff or chief of police, the director or chief executive of any agency or department employing deputy sheriffs or law-enforcement officers, and the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall disclose to a prospective law-enforcement or jail employer any information (i) related to an arrest or prosecution of a former police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer, including expunged information; (ii) related to a civil suit regarding a former police officer's, deputy sheriff's, or jail officer's employment or performance of his duties; (iii) obtained during the course of any internal investigation related to a former police officer's, deputy sheriff's, or jail officer's alleged criminal conduct, use of excessive force, or other official misconduct in violation of the state professional standards of conduct; and (iv) related to a former police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer's job performance that led to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer. The bill further provides that no police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer may be employed by another law-enforcement agency or jail until the requested information is received from all prior employing agencies in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes a hiring law-enforcement agency or jail to require a candidate for employment to undergo a psychological examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment, conducted under the supervision of a licensed psychiatrist or a licensed clinical psychologist. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish guidelines for such examinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5104"
citation: "Virginia HB 5104 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 57
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-08-20"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/822f9394-c100-4479-a8df-5c381bca43d6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5104"
source_hash: "1782bab441cc4cb1d2745a83d913d5a63414af8601983d87cbf3afb99cc589d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5104 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officers, deputy sheriff, etc.; minimum qualifications, disclosure of information.
Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officer, etc.; disclosure of information. Provides that any sheriff or chief of police, the director or chief executive of any agency or department employing deputy sheriffs or law-enforcement officers, and the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall disclose to a prospective law-enforcement or jail employer any information (i) related to an arrest or prosecution of a former police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer, including expunged information; (ii) related to a civil suit regarding a former police officer's, deputy sheriff's, or jail officer's employment or performance of his duties; (iii) obtained during the course of any internal investigation related to a former police officer's, deputy sheriff's, or jail officer's alleged criminal conduct, use of excessive force, or other official misconduct in violation of the state professional standards of conduct; and (iv) related to a former police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer's job performance that led to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer. The bill further provides that no police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer may be employed by another law-enforcement agency or jail until the requested information is received from all prior employing agencies in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes a hiring law-enforcement agency or jail to require a candidate for employment to undergo a psychological examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment, conducted under the supervision of a licensed psychiatrist or a licensed clinical psychologist. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish guidelines for such examinations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0032)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5104ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5104ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5104E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5104E)
4. **HB5104H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5104H1)
5. **HB5104S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5104S2)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5104S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5104S1)
## Votes
- Senate insisted on substitute (24-Y 12-N) — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 35-N) — **54–35** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with amendments (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 5-N) — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 5-N) — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N) — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N 1-A) — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N) — **0–95** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-20** Presented and ordered printed 20200812D `introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Public Safety with amendments (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB5104)
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB5104E
- **2020-09-03** Printed as engrossed 20200812D-E
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB5104E)
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201187D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB5104S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Floor substitute printed 20201292D-S2 (Locke)
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Substitute by Senator Locke withdrawn
- **2020-10-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201187D-S1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5104S1
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on substitute (24-Y 12-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201368D-H1
- **2020-10-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 5-N)
- **2020-10-14** Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 5-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB5104ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 32 ((effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/822f9394-c100-4479-a8df-5c381bca43d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and tenant; noncompliance with rental agreement, reporting negative credit information."
description: "Landlord and tenant; noncompliance with rental agreement; prohibition on using negative credit information arising from the COVID-19 pandemic against applicants for tenancy; penalty. Provides that a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units in the Commonwealth shall not take any adverse action against an applicant for tenancy based solely on payment history or an eviction for nonpayment of rent that occurred during the period beginning on March 12, 2020, and ending 30 days after the expiration or revocation of any state of emergency declared by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic. If such a landlord denies an applicant for tenancy, the bill requires the landlord to provide the applicant written notice of the denial and of the applicant's right to assert that his failure to qualify was based upon payment history or an eviction based on nonpayment of rent that occurred during the proscribed period. If a landlord does receive a response from the applicant asserting such a right, and the landlord relied upon a consumer or tenant screening report, the landlord must make a good faith effort to contact the generator of the report to ascertain whether such determination was due solely to the applicant for tenancy's payment history or an eviction for nonpayment that occurred during the proscribed period. The bill permits a tenant or applicant for tenancy to recover damages of up to $1,000, along with attorney fees, from landlords who do not comply with these requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5106"
citation: "Virginia HB 5106 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 72
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2020-08-21"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6377086b-f18c-4df9-8e83-2c92c3254393"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5106"
source_hash: "643ae7a4d77272e7c00c5ee813327c1099984d200a4e23cb395513d19f6fa207"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5106 (2020specialI) — Landlord and tenant; noncompliance with rental agreement, reporting negative credit information.
Landlord and tenant; noncompliance with rental agreement; prohibition on using negative credit information arising from the COVID-19 pandemic against applicants for tenancy; penalty. Provides that a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units in the Commonwealth shall not take any adverse action against an applicant for tenancy based solely on payment history or an eviction for nonpayment of rent that occurred during the period beginning on March 12, 2020, and ending 30 days after the expiration or revocation of any state of emergency declared by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic. If such a landlord denies an applicant for tenancy, the bill requires the landlord to provide the applicant written notice of the denial and of the applicant's right to assert that his failure to qualify was based upon payment history or an eviction based on nonpayment of rent that occurred during the proscribed period. If a landlord does receive a response from the applicant asserting such a right, and the landlord relied upon a consumer or tenant screening report, the landlord must make a good faith effort to contact the generator of the report to ascertain whether such determination was due solely to the applicant for tenancy's payment history or an eviction for nonpayment that occurred during the proscribed period. The bill permits a tenant or applicant for tenancy to recover damages of up to $1,000, along with attorney fees, from landlords who do not comply with these requirements.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0047)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5106ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5106ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB5106EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5106EH1)
4. **HB5106H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5106H2)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5106H3)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5106H3)
6. **Reenrolled bill text (HB5106ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5106ER2)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (20-Y 16-N) — **20–16** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 97-N) — **0–96** (fail) · lower
- Conference report rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N) — **1–37** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendments (22-Y 12-N) — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (8-Y 3-N 3-A) — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 14-N) — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 90-N) — **0–89** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 8-N) — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate requested second conference committee (28-Y 9-N) — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 16-N) — **23–16** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 42-N) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-21** Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 20200742D `introduction`
- **2020-08-21** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-24** Committee substitute printed 20200990D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-24** Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** Passed by for the day
- **2020-08-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20200990D-H1
- **2020-08-28** Amendment by Delegate Simon agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-28** Amendments by Delegate Convirs-Fowler agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-28** Emergency clause deleted
- **2020-08-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB5106EH1
- **2020-08-28** Printed as engrossed 20200990D-EH1
- **2020-09-03** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-03** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB5106EH1)
- **2020-09-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (8-Y 3-N 3-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendments #'s 1,2,4,5 agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendment #3 rejected
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-25** Amendment by Senator Barker agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendments (20-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-29** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 97-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on amendments (22-Y 12-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201355D-H2
- **2020-10-14** Conference report rejected by House (0-Y 90-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 90-N)
- **2020-10-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-14** Conference report rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N)
- **2020-10-14** Senate requested second conference committee (28-Y 9-N)
- **2020-10-14** House acceded to request for second conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Second conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-16** Second conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-16** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-16** Second Conference substitute printed 20201382D-H3
- **2020-10-16** Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-16** Conference report agreed to by House (Y-57 N-42)
- **2020-10-16** VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-28** Enrolled
- **2020-10-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5106H3)
- **2020-10-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-30** Signed by President
- **2020-10-30** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 30, 2020
- **2020-10-30** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., November 6, 2020
- **2020-11-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB5106ER)
- **2020-11-05** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 16-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (HB5106ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 47 (effective 3/1/21) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6377086b-f18c-4df9-8e83-2c92c3254393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Justice Services Board and Committee on Training; change in membership & responsibilities."
description: "Criminal Justice Services Board; Committee onTraining; membership and responsibilities. Changes the membershipof the Criminal Justice Services Board and its Committee on Training by requiring that some members be representatives of a civil rights organization, representatives of community interests of minorities,and representatives of a mental health service provider. The billrequires that the Committee on Training include a representativefrom the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission and reduces the representatives from the Virginia Sheriffs' Association and Virginia Associationof Chiefs of Police from two representatives to one representativeeach. In addition, the bill permits the Committee on Training toappoint curriculum review committees. The bill also provides thatthe Committee on Training shall serve as an advisory board to theDepartment of Criminal Justice Services for effecting the compulsory minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers, deputy sheriffs,jail and correctional officers, and dispatchers and makes the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services the policy maker responsible to the Criminal Justice Services Board for effecting such standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5108"
citation: "Virginia HB 5108 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-21"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874b4307-f60a-4bd7-bd7d-f688cb5ef349"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5108"
source_hash: "977966c4b2ef262910e7a24c6834eaa86f695aea4970cdca4c9dc7aeb3a31a37"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5108 (2020specialI) — Criminal Justice Services Board and Committee on Training; change in membership & responsibilities.
Criminal Justice Services Board; Committee onTraining; membership and responsibilities. Changes the membershipof the Criminal Justice Services Board and its Committee on Training by requiring that some members be representatives of a civil rights organization, representatives of community interests of minorities,and representatives of a mental health service provider. The billrequires that the Committee on Training include a representativefrom the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission and reduces the representatives from the Virginia Sheriffs' Association and Virginia Associationof Chiefs of Police from two representatives to one representativeeach. In addition, the bill permits the Committee on Training toappoint curriculum review committees. The bill also provides thatthe Committee on Training shall serve as an advisory board to theDepartment of Criminal Justice Services for effecting the compulsory minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers, deputy sheriffs,jail and correctional officers, and dispatchers and makes the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services the policy maker responsible to the Criminal Justice Services Board for effecting such standards.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0028)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0028)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5108ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5108ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5108S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5108S2)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5108H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5108)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5108H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5108H1)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5108S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5108S1)
## Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 41-N) — **54–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 4-N) — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-21** Presented and ordered printed 20200841D `introduction`
- **2020-08-21** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25** Committee substitute printed 20201000D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-25** Substitute bill reprinted 20201000D-H1
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB5108H1)
- **2020-08-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20201000D-H1
- **2020-08-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5108H1
- **2020-09-03** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-03** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-04** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201188D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB5108S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Floor substitute printed 20201295D-S2 (Locke)
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute rejected
- **2020-10-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-02** Substitute by Senator Locke agreed to 20201295D-S2
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5108S2
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB5108S2)
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201295D-S2 (55-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB5108ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 28 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/874b4307-f60a-4bd7-bd7d-f688cb5ef349`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officer training & qualifications; DCJS to develop uniform curriculum & plans, etc."
description: "Department of Criminal Justice Services; law-enforcement officer training and qualifications. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to develop a uniform curriculum and lesson plans for the compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards to be employed by criminal justice training academies approved by the Department when conducting training. The bill also requires the Department to include the recognition of implicit biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability in its (i) training standards and model policies; (ii) compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers; and (iii) operating procedures, guidelines, and standards for community policing in order to ensure sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the potential for bias-based profiling. The bill also requires the Department to include training in de-escalation techniques and training in the lawful use of force, including the use of force only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person in the compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification.The bill requires the Department to establish compulsory in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers in the following subjects: (a) relevant state and federal laws; (b) awareness of cultural diversity and the potential for bias-based profiling; (c) de-escalation techniques; (d) working with individuals with disabilities, mental health needs, or substance use disorders; and (e) the lawful use of force, including the use of deadly force only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person.In addition, the bill adds to the minimum qualifications to become a law-enforcement officer or a jail officer the requirement that such person undergo a psychological examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment, conducted under the supervision of a licensed psychologist or other licensed mental health professional. The bill requires the Department to establish requirements for compulsory mental health examinations for law-enforcement officers, jail officers, and correctional officers that include guidelines on the implementation of such mental health examinations.Finally, the bill requires any criminal justice training academy approved by the Department to employ such uniform curriculum and lesson plans and requires the Department to conduct annual evaluations of each criminal justice training academy's compliance with uniform curriculum and lesson plans. The bill allows an approved criminal justice training academy to petition the Department for a waiver and requires the Department to grant a waiver if the academy meets and exceeds compulsory minimum training standards and substantially complies with the content of uniform curriculum and lesson plans developed by the Department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5109"
citation: "Virginia HB 5109 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 58
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-08-21"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe8bcd81-c9fd-4602-8b5b-9862a44b76a2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5109"
source_hash: "28787efac4a241b5604c730a9b30f0ae8ccda92247bb810a05c9add130c26dee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5109 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officer training & qualifications; DCJS to develop uniform curriculum & plans, etc.
Department of Criminal Justice Services; law-enforcement officer training and qualifications. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to develop a uniform curriculum and lesson plans for the compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards to be employed by criminal justice training academies approved by the Department when conducting training. The bill also requires the Department to include the recognition of implicit biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability in its (i) training standards and model policies; (ii) compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers; and (iii) operating procedures, guidelines, and standards for community policing in order to ensure sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the potential for bias-based profiling. The bill also requires the Department to include training in de-escalation techniques and training in the lawful use of force, including the use of force only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person in the compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification.The bill requires the Department to establish compulsory in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers in the following subjects: (a) relevant state and federal laws; (b) awareness of cultural diversity and the potential for bias-based profiling; (c) de-escalation techniques; (d) working with individuals with disabilities, mental health needs, or substance use disorders; and (e) the lawful use of force, including the use of deadly force only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person.In addition, the bill adds to the minimum qualifications to become a law-enforcement officer or a jail officer the requirement that such person undergo a psychological examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment, conducted under the supervision of a licensed psychologist or other licensed mental health professional. The bill requires the Department to establish requirements for compulsory mental health examinations for law-enforcement officers, jail officers, and correctional officers that include guidelines on the implementation of such mental health examinations.Finally, the bill requires any criminal justice training academy approved by the Department to employ such uniform curriculum and lesson plans and requires the Department to conduct annual evaluations of each criminal justice training academy's compliance with uniform curriculum and lesson plans. The bill allows an approved criminal justice training academy to petition the Department for a waiver and requires the Department to grant a waiver if the academy meets and exceeds compulsory minimum training standards and substantially complies with the content of uniform curriculum and lesson plans developed by the Department.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0048)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5109ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5109ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5109E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5109E)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5109S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5109S2)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5109S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5109S1)
6. **Reenrolled bill text (HB5109ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5109ER2)
## Votes
- Reported from Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 39-N) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N) — **59–36** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 14-N) — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Committee substitute reconsidered (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-21** Presented and ordered printed 20200924D `introduction`
- **2020-08-21** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-25** Reported from Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB5109)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB5109E
- **2020-09-03** Printed as engrossed 20200924D-E
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB5109E)
- **2020-09-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201189D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5109S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5109S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Floor substitute printed 20201293D-S2 (Locke)
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute reconsidered (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-02** Substitute by Senator Locke agreed to
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5109S2
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201293D-S2 (60-Y 36-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N)
- **2020-10-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB5109S2)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB5109ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 39-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 39-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (HB5109ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 48 (effective 3/1/21) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe8bcd81-c9fd-4602-8b5b-9862a44b76a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "School boards, certain; student meals, participation in the Community Eligibility Provision."
description: "Certain school boards; student meals; participation in the Community Eligibility Provision. Requires each school board that governs a local school division that contains any public elementary or secondary school that is eligible to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to apply to FNS to participate in CEP for each such school. The bill provides that the Superintendent for Public Instruction shall issue a waiver to this requirement upon determination that participation in CEP is not financially viable for a school or group of schools. The Department of Education shall develop a process and criteria for evaluating such waiver requests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5113"
citation: "Virginia HB 5113 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-21"
last_action: "2020-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25994cf1-4034-4efd-a355-cc77b0d16968"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5113"
source_hash: "dd3d7d0ae290ffe501d4d75ae8da2a8c7ae86ae6e679373b2d7789da0dc8b0b0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5113 (2020specialI) — School boards, certain; student meals, participation in the Community Eligibility Provision.
Certain school boards; student meals; participation in the Community Eligibility Provision. Requires each school board that governs a local school division that contains any public elementary or secondary school that is eligible to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to apply to FNS to participate in CEP for each such school. The bill provides that the Superintendent for Public Instruction shall issue a waiver to this requirement upon determination that participation in CEP is not financially viable for a school or group of schools. The Department of Education shall develop a process and criteria for evaluating such waiver requests.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0002)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5113ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5113ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5113E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5113E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5113)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5113)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-21** Presented and ordered printed 20200612D `introduction`
- **2020-08-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5113)
- **2020-08-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB5113)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-04** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-09-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB5113E
- **2020-09-04** Printed as engrossed 20200612D-E
- **2020-09-08** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-08** VOTE: (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB5113E)
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Enrolled
- **2020-10-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB5113ER)
- **2020-10-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-02** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- **2020-10-07** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 2 ((effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25994cf1-4034-4efd-a355-cc77b0d16968`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency laws; civil relief, citizens furloughed or otherwise receiving reduced wages or payments."
description: "Emergency laws; civil relief; citizens furloughedor otherwise receiving reduced wages or payments due to state ofemergency; COVID-19 pandemic. Provides a 60-day stay of an unlawful detainer for nonpayment of rent for tenants and a 30-day stay offoreclosure proceedings for owners of any residential dwelling unitand for homeowners of a one-family to four-family residential dwellingunit who request a stay and provide written proof, defined in thebill, that they are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during theperiod for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency (theEmergency). The bill requires owners of residential dwelling unitsand homeowners who rent to a tenant a one-family to four-family residentialdwelling unit to request such stay of foreclosure proceedings within90 days of the initial declaration of the Emergency or 90 days followingthe end of the Emergency, whichever is later. The bill contains anemergency clause and provides for an expiration of the provisions90 days following the end of the Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5115"
citation: "Virginia HB 5115 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-08-23"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/240ff2d3-2783-417e-a0a6-c43bd5f29698"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5115"
source_hash: "6c1877f1c7f6e6f62621db09944bc1965f131939c27dd6a18ffec2757181b7b1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5115 (2020specialI) — Emergency laws; civil relief, citizens furloughed or otherwise receiving reduced wages or payments.
Emergency laws; civil relief; citizens furloughedor otherwise receiving reduced wages or payments due to state ofemergency; COVID-19 pandemic. Provides a 60-day stay of an unlawful detainer for nonpayment of rent for tenants and a 30-day stay offoreclosure proceedings for owners of any residential dwelling unitand for homeowners of a one-family to four-family residential dwellingunit who request a stay and provide written proof, defined in thebill, that they are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during theperiod for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency (theEmergency). The bill requires owners of residential dwelling unitsand homeowners who rent to a tenant a one-family to four-family residentialdwelling unit to request such stay of foreclosure proceedings within90 days of the initial declaration of the Emergency or 90 days followingthe end of the Emergency, whichever is later. The bill contains anemergency clause and provides for an expiration of the provisions90 days following the end of the Emergency.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0049)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5115ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5115ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5115E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5115)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5115E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5115E)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (HB5115ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5115ER2)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (34-Y 5-N) — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 1-N) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 40-N) — **54–40** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 40-N) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 41-N) — **52–41** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (12-Y 8-N) — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-23** Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 20200946D `introduction`
- **2020-08-23** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Reported from General Laws (12-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Amendment by Delegate Simon agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-27** Emergency clause deleted
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB5115E
- **2020-08-27** Printed as engrossed 20200946D-E
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 40-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-28** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 40-N)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB5115E)
- **2020-09-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with amendment (34-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (53-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-10-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB5115ER)
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 40-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 40-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 1-N)
- **2020-11-09** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (HB5115ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 49 (effective 11/9/20) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/240ff2d3-2783-417e-a0a6-c43bd5f29698`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Earned sentence credits; 4.5 credits may be earned for each 30 days served on certain sentences."
description: "Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill also specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served that is permitted under current law. The bill provides that the Department of Corrections shall convene in due course a work group to study the impact of the sentence credit amendments set forth in the act. The bill directs the work group to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2021, the membership of the work group and the work group's plan for conducting such study, including any data and information upon which the work group will rely in conducting such study, and to report its finding and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the entire sentence of any inmate who is confined in a state correctional facility and participating in the earned sentence credit system on January 1, 2022. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5148"
citation: "Virginia HB 5148 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 68
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2020-09-01"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7638ca3f-c438-45fe-8316-20a3e63d7672"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5148"
source_hash: "368cf23f056534db690f6158f6247c2beec787654821ce5a00c7fdb66eb397ab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5148 (2020specialI) — Earned sentence credits; 4.5 credits may be earned for each 30 days served on certain sentences.
Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill also specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served that is permitted under current law. The bill provides that the Department of Corrections shall convene in due course a work group to study the impact of the sentence credit amendments set forth in the act. The bill directs the work group to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2021, the membership of the work group and the work group's plan for conducting such study, including any data and information upon which the work group will rely in conducting such study, and to report its finding and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the entire sentence of any inmate who is confined in a state correctional facility and participating in the earned sentence credit system on January 1, 2022. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0050)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5148ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5148ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB5148H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5148H3)
4. **HB5148H4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5148H4)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5148S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5148S1)
6. **Reenrolled bill text (HB5148ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5148ER2)
## Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 93-N) — **0–92** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage #2 (54-Y 41-N) — **53–41** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 43-N) — **52–43** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (8-Y 6-N) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) — **12–4** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (21-Y 15-N) — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N) — **11–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-09-01** Presented and ordered printed 20201069D `introduction`
- **2020-09-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Committee substitute printed 20201113D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-04** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-04** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Committee substitute printed 20201142D-H2 `substitution`
- **2020-09-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-09** Floor substitute printed 20201159D-H3 (Scott)
- **2020-09-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-09** Courts of Justice Committee substitute rejected 20201113D-H1
- **2020-09-09** Appropriations Committee substitute rejected 20201142D-H2
- **2020-09-09** Substitute by Delegate Scott agreed to 20201159D-H3
- **2020-09-09** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB5148H3
- **2020-09-10** Read third time and passed House (53-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-10** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-10** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2020-09-10** Passed House (54-Y 41-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-10** VOTE: Passage #2 (54-Y 41-N)
- **2020-09-15** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-15** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB5148H3)
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-18** Committee substitute printed 20201211D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5148S1)
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5148S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 93-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 93-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on substitute (21-Y 15-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-13** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-13** Conference substitute printed 20201338D-H4
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB5148ER)
- **2020-10-28** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (HB5148ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 50 (effective 7/1/22 - see bill) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7638ca3f-c438-45fe-8316-20a3e63d7672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal cases; sentencing reform, procedure for trial by jury, etc."
description: "Criminal cases; sentencing reform. Providesthat in a criminal case the court shall ascertain the extent of thepunishment unless the accused has requested that the jury ascertainpunishment or was found guilty of capital murder. The bill also providesthat if a jury cannot agree on a punishment, the court shall declarea mistrial. The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealthmay not demand a jury trial when an order declaring a judicial emergencyhas suspended criminal jury trials. The bill also provides that theVirginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall prepare a fiscal impactstatement reflecting the operating costs attributable to and necessaryappropriations for any bill that would result in a net decrease inperiods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5007"
citation: "Virginia SB 5007 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 58
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-07-31"
last_action: "2020-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90611073-149a-4111-9491-552a81f9978e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5007"
source_hash: "abee939e54ad047d2b5157898e4b166332f0eec29d702e202d6eccb98d8fb5d1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5007 (2020specialI) — Criminal cases; sentencing reform, procedure for trial by jury, etc.
Criminal cases; sentencing reform. Providesthat in a criminal case the court shall ascertain the extent of thepunishment unless the accused has requested that the jury ascertainpunishment or was found guilty of capital murder. The bill also providesthat if a jury cannot agree on a punishment, the court shall declarea mistrial. The bill provides that the attorney for the Commonwealthmay not demand a jury trial when an order declaring a judicial emergencyhas suspended criminal jury trials. The bill also provides that theVirginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall prepare a fiscal impactstatement reflecting the operating costs attributable to and necessaryappropriations for any bill that would result in a net decrease inperiods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0043)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5007ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB5007H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5007S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007S1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5007S2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007S2)
6. **SB5007S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5007S3)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (23-Y 12-N) — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N) — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (13-Y 23-N) — **13–23** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 33-N) — **3–33** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N) — **11–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-07-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200360D `introduction`
- **2020-07-31** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200902D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB5007S1)
- **2020-09-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute printed 20201006D-S2 `substitution`
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB5007S2)
- **2020-09-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-09** Committee substitute from Judiciary rejected 20200902D-S1
- **2020-09-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-09** Committee substitute from Finance and Appropriations agreed to 20201006D-S2
- **2020-09-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5007S2
- **2020-09-10** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-22** Committee substitute printed 20201248D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-28** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB5007H1)
- **2020-09-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB5007H1)
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201248D-H1
- **2020-10-02** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB5007H1
- **2020-10-02** Passed House with substitute with amendment (57-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 33-N)
- **2020-10-07** Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (13-Y 23-N)
- **2020-10-07** House insisted on substitute with amendment
- **2020-10-07** House requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** Senate acceded to request (23-Y 12-N)
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201357D-S3
- **2020-10-14** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-16** Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N)
- **2020-10-16** Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-10-16** VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-10-28** Enrolled
- **2020-10-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB5007ER)
- **2020-10-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-30** Signed by President
- **2020-10-30** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 30, 2020
- **2020-10-30** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., November 6, 2020
- **2020-11-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90611073-149a-4111-9491-552a81f9978e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana; possession, violations by an adult shall be prepayable."
description: "Possession of marijuana; prepay penalty.Provides that a summons for a violation of possession of marijuanashall contain the option for the person charged to prepay the civilpenalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5013"
citation: "Virginia SB 5013 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-08-05"
last_action: "2020-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b8ffe99-5f59-4e31-8db3-44ebf06d923c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5013"
source_hash: "679f9b0930be6cef75072f911c340fe2b791d54160ca772496e26fde6021f03a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5013 (2020specialI) — Marijuana; possession, violations by an adult shall be prepayable.
Possession of marijuana; prepay penalty.Provides that a summons for a violation of possession of marijuanashall contain the option for the person charged to prepay the civilpenalty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0003)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5013ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5013ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5013S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5013S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5013)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5013)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 7-N) — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (11-Y 2-N) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N) — **62–34** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200041D `introduction`
- **2020-08-05** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB5013)
- **2020-08-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (11-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200793D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20200793D-S1
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5013S1
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB5013S1)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed House (63-Y 34-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N)
- **2020-10-02** Enrolled
- **2020-10-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB5013ER)
- **2020-10-02** Signed by President
- **2020-10-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- **2020-10-07** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b8ffe99-5f59-4e31-8db3-44ebf06d923c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers; officers to complete crisis intervention training."
description: "Minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers; crisis intervention team training. Requires all law-enforcement officers involved in a crisis intervention team program&nbsp;to complete a comprehensive advanced training course developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill also directs the Department to develop&nbsp;modules of principles-based training&nbsp;to be included as part of compulsory minimum training standards subsequent to employment as a law-enforcement officer and as part of basic training and the recertification of law-enforcement officers. The bill also requires the Department to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel concerning sensitivity and awareness of systemic and individual racism and the potential for bias-based profiling. This bill incorporates SB 5113."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5014"
citation: "Virginia SB 5014 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-07"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c5d8f70-b66f-4d54-b902-184e75846e22"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5014"
source_hash: "2202e10a76681aac51751ebaa6f90e26e600a6b85527d76a8d77c402e53c6f6d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5014 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officers; officers to complete crisis intervention training.
Minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers; crisis intervention team training. Requires all law-enforcement officers involved in a crisis intervention team program&nbsp;to complete a comprehensive advanced training course developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill also directs the Department to develop&nbsp;modules of principles-based training&nbsp;to be included as part of compulsory minimum training standards subsequent to employment as a law-enforcement officer and as part of basic training and the recertification of law-enforcement officers. The bill also requires the Department to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel concerning sensitivity and awareness of systemic and individual racism and the potential for bias-based profiling. This bill incorporates SB 5113.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0036)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5014ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5014H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014S1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014S2)
## Votes
- Substitute by Senator reconsidered (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 14-N) — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 4-N) — **32–4** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200045D `introduction`
- **2020-08-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200867D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S1)
- **2020-09-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-09** Incorporates SB5113 (McDougle)
- **2020-09-09** Committee substitute printed 20201152D-S2 `substitution`
- **2020-09-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S2)
- **2020-09-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-15** Committee substitute rejected 20200867D-S1
- **2020-09-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-15** Committee substitute agreed to 20201152D-S2
- **2020-09-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5014S2
- **2020-09-16** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-21** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-21** Committee substitute printed 20201222D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB5014H1)
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201222D-H1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5014H1
- **2020-10-02** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 4-N)
- **2020-10-07** Substitute by Senator reconsidered (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-07** Title replaced 20201222D-H1
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB5014ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c5d8f70-b66f-4d54-b902-184e75846e22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional facility, local; clarifies definition."
description: "Local correctional facility; definition. Provides that, for purposes of minimum standards for correctional facilities and enforcement of those standards,&nbsp;the term \"local correctional facility\" shall also include any facility owned, maintained, or operated by any political subdivision or combination of political subdivisions of the Commonwealth that is used for the detention or incarceration of people pursuant to a contract or third-party contract with the federal government or any agency or contractor thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5017"
citation: "Virginia SB 5017 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-09"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/118856b1-b85c-49f8-99db-2e5046689654"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5017"
source_hash: "308ac2f25c44aaf048862601bc9315314997c918576abb576e0afd4423cb5725"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5017 (2020specialI) — Correctional facility, local; clarifies definition.
Local correctional facility; definition. Provides that, for purposes of minimum standards for correctional facilities and enforcement of those standards,&nbsp;the term "local correctional facility" shall also include any facility owned, maintained, or operated by any political subdivision or combination of political subdivisions of the Commonwealth that is used for the detention or incarceration of people pursuant to a contract or third-party contract with the federal government or any agency or contractor thereof.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0023)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5017ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5017ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5017E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5017E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5017)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5017)
5. **SB5017S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5017S1)
6. **SB5017S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5017S2)
## Votes
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) — **21–16** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (8-Y 6-N 1-A) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N 2-A) — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200488D `introduction`
- **2020-08-09** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (8-Y 6-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB5017)
- **2020-09-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-09** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-10** Floor substitute printed 20201164D-S1 (Marsden)
- **2020-09-10** Floor substitute printed 20201169D-S2 (Marsden)
- **2020-09-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-10** Committee amendments passed by temporarily
- **2020-09-10** Substitute #1 by Senator Marsden withdrawn 20201164D-S1
- **2020-09-10** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-15** Substitute #2 by Senator Marsden withdrawn 20201169D-S2
- **2020-09-15** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-09-15** Committee amendment(s) rejected
- **2020-09-15** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-09-15** Amendments by Senator Favola agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5017E
- **2020-09-15** Printed as engrossed 20200488D-E
- **2020-09-16** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB5017E)
- **2020-09-21** Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Passed House (55-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB5017ER)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 23 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/118856b1-b85c-49f8-99db-2e5046689654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Terminally ill prisoners; conditional release."
description: "Conditional release of geriatric or terminally ill prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense, other than a Class 1 felony, who is terminally ill, and who is not serving a sentence for conviction of first or second degree murder,&nbsp;is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release. The bill also provides that any person serving such sentence (i) who is 65 years of age or older and has served at least five years of the sentence imposed or (ii) who is 60 years of age or older and has served at least 10 years of the sentenced imposed is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release without the need to petition the Parole Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5018"
citation: "Virginia SB 5018 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 58
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-08-09"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ecc98d-9844-4893-a676-cb3350f736c5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5018"
source_hash: "79d3b5f71d6a0f46d465cb5f6d8c96ec655aad6979ab545d05f9ea3cba1a496a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5018 (2020specialI) — Terminally ill prisoners; conditional release.
Conditional release of geriatric or terminally ill prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense, other than a Class 1 felony, who is terminally ill, and who is not serving a sentence for conviction of first or second degree murder,&nbsp;is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release. The bill also provides that any person serving such sentence (i) who is 65 years of age or older and has served at least five years of the sentence imposed or (ii) who is 60 years of age or older and has served at least 10 years of the sentenced imposed is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release without the need to petition the Parole Board.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0033)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5018ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5018ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB5018ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5018ES1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5018H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5018H1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5018S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5018S1)
6. **SB5018S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5018S2)
## Votes
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N) — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N) — **54–41** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 15-N) — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) — **8–7** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (22-Y 13-N) — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 36-N) — **54–36** (pass) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 36-N) — **0–36** (fail) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200163D `introduction`
- **2020-08-09** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB5018)
- **2020-09-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute printed 20201138D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB5018S1)
- **2020-09-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-09** Committee substitute agreed to 20201138D-S1
- **2020-09-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5018S1
- **2020-09-10** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-10** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-15** Amendment by Senator Surovell withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-09-15** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-15** Amendment by Senator Bell agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB5018ES1
- **2020-09-15** Printed as engrossed 20201138D-ES1
- **2020-09-16** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB5018ES1)
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-25** Committee substitute printed 20201268D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB5018H1)
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee amendment rejected
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201268D-H1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5018H1
- **2020-10-02** Passed House with substitute (55-Y 41-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 36-N)
- **2020-10-07** House insisted on substitute
- **2020-10-07** House requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** Senate acceded to request (22-Y 13-N)
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201347D-S2
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N)
- **2020-10-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 36-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 36-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB5018ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 33 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72ecc98d-9844-4893-a676-cb3350f736c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement; Attorney Gen. authorized to file civil suit or inquire into any unlawful practice."
description: "Law-enforcement misconduct. Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil suit or inquire into or seek to conciliate, through the Division of Human Rights, any unlawful pattern and practice against the Commonwealth or a locality whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that law-enforcement officers of any agency of the Commonwealth or any locality are engaging in a pattern or practice that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth. The bill also empowers the Attorney General to issue a civil investigative demand if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an unlawful pattern and practice violation has occurred. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to enter into a conciliation agreement with a locality to resolve an unlawful pattern and practice, and provides that such agreement may include a court-enforceable deprivation of certain local funds if the locality fails to abide by the agreement. This bill is identical to HB 5072."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5024"
citation: "Virginia SB 5024 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4d28d85-42ee-4272-a69f-ddef959f66d1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5024"
source_hash: "39d4b4a33e5e5e9bf42c696ee51b944a34d908a9e9d2e817659094a52a293c5c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5024 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement; Attorney Gen. authorized to file civil suit or inquire into any unlawful practice.
Law-enforcement misconduct. Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil suit or inquire into or seek to conciliate, through the Division of Human Rights, any unlawful pattern and practice against the Commonwealth or a locality whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that law-enforcement officers of any agency of the Commonwealth or any locality are engaging in a pattern or practice that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth. The bill also empowers the Attorney General to issue a civil investigative demand if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an unlawful pattern and practice violation has occurred. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to enter into a conciliation agreement with a locality to resolve an unlawful pattern and practice, and provides that such agreement may include a court-enforceable deprivation of certain local funds if the locality fails to abide by the agreement. This bill is identical to HB 5072.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0019)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5024ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5024ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5024E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5024E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5024)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200402D `introduction`
- **2020-08-13** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB5024)
- **2020-08-18** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-09** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-09** Amendment by Senator Lucas agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-09** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5024E
- **2020-09-09** Printed as engrossed 20200402D-E
- **2020-09-10** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB5024E)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Passed House (55-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB5024ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4d28d85-42ee-4272-a69f-ddef959f66d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana and certain traffic offenses; issuing citations, etc,"
description: "Issuing citations; possession of marijuana and certain traffic offenses. Provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle. No evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful stop&nbsp;shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill also provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop, search, or seize any person, place, or thing solely on the basis of the odor of marijuana, and no evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful search or seizure&nbsp;shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill prohibits the enactment of a local ordinance establishing a primary offense when the corresponding provision in the Code of Virginia is a secondary offense. The bill prohibits any local ordinance relating to the ownership or maintenance of a motor vehicle from being cause to stop or arrest a driver of a motor vehicle unless such violation is a jailable offense. The bill prohibits a law-enforcement officer from stopping a pedestrian for jaywalking or entering a highway where the pedestrian cannot be seen. The bill provides that law-enforcement officers are not permitted to stop a motor vehicle for an expired safety inspection or registration sticker until the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date. The bill also provides that no evidence discovered or obtained due to an impermissible stop, including evidence obtained with the person's consent,&nbsp;is admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. This bill is identical to HB 5058."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5029"
citation: "Virginia SB 5029 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/884b439c-1d77-4947-aed2-c6eb4dc95963"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5029"
source_hash: "9543485a51ea6f6d47d886dc469ea02e3dc2729ca34507df8d967094ce2a5a0e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5029 (2020specialI) — Marijuana and certain traffic offenses; issuing citations, etc,
Issuing citations; possession of marijuana and certain traffic offenses. Provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle. No evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful stop&nbsp;shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill also provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop, search, or seize any person, place, or thing solely on the basis of the odor of marijuana, and no evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful search or seizure&nbsp;shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. The bill prohibits the enactment of a local ordinance establishing a primary offense when the corresponding provision in the Code of Virginia is a secondary offense. The bill prohibits any local ordinance relating to the ownership or maintenance of a motor vehicle from being cause to stop or arrest a driver of a motor vehicle unless such violation is a jailable offense. The bill prohibits a law-enforcement officer from stopping a pedestrian for jaywalking or entering a highway where the pedestrian cannot be seen. The bill provides that law-enforcement officers are not permitted to stop a motor vehicle for an expired safety inspection or registration sticker until the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date. The bill also provides that no evidence discovered or obtained due to an impermissible stop, including evidence obtained with the person's consent,&nbsp;is admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding. This bill is identical to HB 5058.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0051)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0051)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5029ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5029ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5029)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5029)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5029H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5029H1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5029S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5029S1)
6. **Reenrolled bill text (SB5029ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5029ER2)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 45-N) — **50–45** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 14-N) — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (33-Y 3-N) — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N) — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200057D `introduction`
- **2020-08-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Rereferred from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-18** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB5029)
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200915D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB5029S1)
- **2020-08-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20200915D-S1
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5029S1
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-28** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (33-Y 3-N)
- **2020-08-28** Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-22** Committee substitute printed 20201242D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB5029H1)
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee substitute agreed to 20201242D-H1
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5029H1
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with substitute (51-Y 45-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 45-N)
- **2020-10-02** House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- **2020-10-02** Title replaced 20201242D-H1
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB5029ER)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 (21-Y 18-N)
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (SB5029ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 51 (effective 3/1/21) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/884b439c-1d77-4947-aed2-c6eb4dc95963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal holidays; Juneteenth."
description: "Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to HB 5052."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5031"
citation: "Virginia SB 5031 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2020-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7cb759-0ea2-4198-90ab-e4b21b83b9c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5031"
source_hash: "15ca1a1837a029209831b024304e45b5a532585e2b6599beb101dfb6b81b6573"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5031 (2020specialI) — Legal holidays; Juneteenth.
Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to HB 5052.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0005)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5031ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5031ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5031)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5031)
4. **SB5031H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5031H1)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200726D `introduction`
- **2020-08-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB5031)
- **2020-08-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Floor substitute printed 20201267D-H1 (Davis)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Floor Substitute ruled not germane
- **2020-09-25** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Enrolled
- **2020-10-02** Signed by President
- **2020-10-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB5031ER)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- **2020-10-07** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a7cb759-0ea2-4198-90ab-e4b21b83b9c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case."
description: "Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case. Requires a court to grant a motion to dismiss made by the Commonwealth, whether with or without prejudice, and with the consent of the defendant unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of (i) bribery or (ii) bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim. The bill provides that, upon the agreement of the Commonwealth and the defendant, a trial court may defer proceedings; defer entry of a conviction order, if none, or defer entry of a final order; and continue the case for final disposition, on such reasonable terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5033"
citation: "Virginia SB 5033 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14f22ee0-8674-4ceb-a2a3-f3c3274cd734"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5033"
source_hash: "5687da52d30379e0d8869aa1899c71772a6c3d71c25c515da4b4db52461c8b0d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5033 (2020specialI) — Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case.
Court authority in criminal cases; prosecutorial discretion to dispose of a criminal case. Requires a court to grant a motion to dismiss made by the Commonwealth, whether with or without prejudice, and with the consent of the defendant unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the motion was made as the result of (i) bribery or (ii) bias or prejudice toward a victim because of the race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin of the victim. The bill provides that, upon the agreement of the Commonwealth and the defendant, a trial court may defer proceedings; defer entry of a conviction order, if none, or defer entry of a final order; and continue the case for final disposition, on such reasonable terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0020)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5033ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5033ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5033H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5033H1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5033S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5033)
5. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5033S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5033S1)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 7-N) — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 6-N) — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200573D `introduction`
- **2020-08-13** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200796D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20200796D-S1
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5033S1
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB5033S1)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-22** Committee substitute printed 20201236D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee substitute agreed to 20201236D-H1
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5033H1
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with substitute (53-Y 44-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N)
- **2020-09-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB5033H1)
- **2020-10-02** House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 7-N)
- **2020-10-02** Title replaced 20201236D-H1
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB5033ER)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 20 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14f22ee0-8674-4ceb-a2a3-f3c3274cd734`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Terminally ill prisoners; conditional release, sentence credits."
description: "Release of prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense other than those enumerated in the bill as exceptions to eligibility and who is terminally ill as defined in the bill is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release. The bill also establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served that is permitted under current law. The bill provides that the Department of Corrections shall convene in due course a work group to study the impact of the sentence credit amendments set forth in the bill. The bill directs the work group to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2021, the membership of the work group and the work group's plan for conducting such study, including any data and information upon which the work group will rely in conducting such study, and to report its finding and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the entire sentence of any inmate who is confined in a state correctional facility and participating in the earned sentence credit system on January 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5034"
citation: "Virginia SB 5034 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 61
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2020-08-14"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22622ed8-8482-44a5-8bdf-3679d911d95b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5034"
source_hash: "44ec7fe3e7a4792ad952ef1d590f3e87b42761f6a945329ccc779b090d21681c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5034 (2020specialI) — Terminally ill prisoners; conditional release, sentence credits.
Release of prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense other than those enumerated in the bill as exceptions to eligibility and who is terminally ill as defined in the bill is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release. The bill also establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served that is permitted under current law. The bill provides that the Department of Corrections shall convene in due course a work group to study the impact of the sentence credit amendments set forth in the bill. The bill directs the work group to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2021, the membership of the work group and the work group's plan for conducting such study, including any data and information upon which the work group will rely in conducting such study, and to report its finding and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the entire sentence of any inmate who is confined in a state correctional facility and participating in the earned sentence credit system on January 1, 2022.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0052)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5034ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5034ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5034S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5034S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5034H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5034H1)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (SB5034ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5034ER2)
6. **SB5034S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5034S2)
## Votes
- VOTE: (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) — **21–16** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) — **8–7** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 33-N) — **2–33** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (21-Y 15-N) — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 8-N) — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200695D `introduction`
- **2020-08-14** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB5034)
- **2020-09-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-09** Committee substitute printed 20201151D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-15** Committee substitute agreed to 20201151D-S1
- **2020-09-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5034S1
- **2020-09-16** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB5034S1)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-22** Committee substitute printed 20201238D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB5034H1)
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201238D-H1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5034H1
- **2020-10-02** Passed House with substitute (54-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 33-N)
- **2020-10-07** House insisted on substitute
- **2020-10-07** House requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** Senate acceded to request (21-Y 15-N)
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201334D-S2
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB5034ER)
- **2020-10-28** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 17-N)
- **2020-11-09** Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (SB5034ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 52 (effective 7/1/22 - see bill) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22622ed8-8482-44a5-8bdf-3679d911d95b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; localities may establish, duties, effective date."
description: "Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Authorizes a locality to establish a law-enforcement civilian oversight body that may (i) receive, investigate, and issue findings on complaints from civilians regarding conduct of law-enforcement officers and civilian employees; (ii) investigate and issue findings on incidents, including the use of force by a law-enforcement officer, death or serious injury to any person held in custody, serious abuse of authority or misconduct, allegedly discriminatory stops, and other incidents regarding the conduct of law-enforcement officers or civilian employees; (iii) make binding disciplinary determinations in cases that involve serious breaches of departmental and professional standards; (iv) investigate policies, practices, and procedures of law-enforcement agencies and make recommendations regarding changes to such policies, practices, and procedures; (v) review all investigations conducted internally by law-enforcement agencies and issue findings regarding the accuracy, completeness, and impartiality of such investigations and the sufficiency of any discipline resulting from such investigations; (vi) request reports of the annual expenditures of law-enforcement agencies and make budgetary recommendations; (vii) make public reports on the activities of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body; and (viii) undertake any other duties as reasonably necessary for the law-enforcement civilian oversight body to effectuate its lawful purpose to effectively oversee the law-enforcement agencies as authorized by the locality. Such oversight bodies are not authorized to oversee sheriff's departments. The bill provides that a law-enforcement officer who is subject to a binding disciplinary determination may file a grievance requesting a final hearing pursuant to the locality's local grievance procedures. The bill also provides that a retired law-enforcement officer may serve on such law-enforcement civilian oversight body as an advisory, nonvoting ex officio member. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021, and is identical to HB 5055."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5035"
citation: "Virginia SB 5035 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-14"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49231dcb-8844-44b7-867e-a3265498d8d5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5035"
source_hash: "1573151b1160fda903c494942eb268656f461702c0f03236a0b989b50cc34fb1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5035 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; localities may establish, duties, effective date.
Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Authorizes a locality to establish a law-enforcement civilian oversight body that may (i) receive, investigate, and issue findings on complaints from civilians regarding conduct of law-enforcement officers and civilian employees; (ii) investigate and issue findings on incidents, including the use of force by a law-enforcement officer, death or serious injury to any person held in custody, serious abuse of authority or misconduct, allegedly discriminatory stops, and other incidents regarding the conduct of law-enforcement officers or civilian employees; (iii) make binding disciplinary determinations in cases that involve serious breaches of departmental and professional standards; (iv) investigate policies, practices, and procedures of law-enforcement agencies and make recommendations regarding changes to such policies, practices, and procedures; (v) review all investigations conducted internally by law-enforcement agencies and issue findings regarding the accuracy, completeness, and impartiality of such investigations and the sufficiency of any discipline resulting from such investigations; (vi) request reports of the annual expenditures of law-enforcement agencies and make budgetary recommendations; (vii) make public reports on the activities of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body; and (viii) undertake any other duties as reasonably necessary for the law-enforcement civilian oversight body to effectuate its lawful purpose to effectively oversee the law-enforcement agencies as authorized by the locality. Such oversight bodies are not authorized to oversee sheriff's departments. The bill provides that a law-enforcement officer who is subject to a binding disciplinary determination may file a grievance requesting a final hearing pursuant to the locality's local grievance procedures. The bill also provides that a retired law-enforcement officer may serve on such law-enforcement civilian oversight body as an advisory, nonvoting ex officio member. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021, and is identical to HB 5055.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0030)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5035ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5035ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5035H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5035H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5035S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5035S1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5035S2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5035S2)
6. **SB5035S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5035S3)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 6-N) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (22-Y 14-N) — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N) — **50–46** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 15-N) — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N) — **1–37** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (53-Y 35-N) — **52–35** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200588D `introduction`
- **2020-08-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200879D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB5035S1)
- **2020-09-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute printed 20201005D-S2 `substitution`
- **2020-09-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB5035S2)
- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-10** Committee substitute from Judiciary rejected 20200902D-S1s4410
- **2020-09-10** Committee substitute from Finance and Appropriations agreed to 20201005D-S2
- **2020-09-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5035S2
- **2020-09-15** Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-21** Committee substitute printed 20201228D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB5035H1)
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee substitute agreed to 20201228D-H1
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5035H1
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with substitute (51-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N)
- **2020-10-02** House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N)
- **2020-10-07** House insisted on substitute
- **2020-10-07** House requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** Senate acceded to request (22-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201370D-S3
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (53-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB5035ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 30 (Effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49231dcb-8844-44b7-867e-a3265498d8d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; local special events license, limitations on events, etc."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; local special events license; limitations on events during public health emergency. Provides that no limitation on the number of special events that may be held by a local special events licensee shall be imposed during the effective dates of any rule, regulation, or order that is issued by the Governor or State Health Commissioner to meet a public health emergency and that effectively reduces allowable restaurant seating capacity. Under current law, local special events licensees are limited to holding 16 special events per year. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5036"
citation: "Virginia SB 5036 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-08-14"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29781410-e9b0-493b-b53b-0cdded46d0cb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5036"
source_hash: "1e0153ca82108b0995df38e11239b6756b523005315ff8a402cfd8e7d8eed558"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5036 (2020specialI) — Alcoholic beverage control; local special events license, limitations on events, etc.
Alcoholic beverage control; local special events license; limitations on events during public health emergency. Provides that no limitation on the number of special events that may be held by a local special events licensee shall be imposed during the effective dates of any rule, regulation, or order that is issued by the Governor or State Health Commissioner to meet a public health emergency and that effectively reduces allowable restaurant seating capacity. Under current law, local special events licensees are limited to holding 16 special events per year. The bill contains an emergency clause.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0034)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5036ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5036ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5036)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5036)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 0-N) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200732D `introduction`
- **2020-08-14** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-08-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB5036)
- **2020-08-26** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-21** Reported from General Laws with amendment (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-29** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-29** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-07** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-10-07** Emergency clause added
- **2020-10-07** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-10-07** Passed House with amendment (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB5036ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 34 (effective 10/28/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29781410-e9b0-493b-b53b-0cdded46d0cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health crises; DCJS to assist DBHDS, etc., with development of Marcus alert system."
description: "Mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) shall develop and establish a mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system throughout the Commonwealth. The bill directs DBHDS, in collaboration with DCJS, law enforcement, and other stakeholders, to submit a plan for the establishment of a Marcus alert system no later than July 1, 2021. The bill directs DCJS to develop a plan by July 1, 2021 outlining (i) DCJS's and law-enforcement agencies' roles and engagement with the development of the Marcus alert system; (ii) DCJS's role in the development of minimum standards, best practices, and the review and approval of the protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system; and (iii) plans for measuring progress toward the goals for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system.The bill provides that DBHDS and DCJS shall collaborate to ensure that DBHDS maintains purview over best practices to promote a behavioral health response through the use of a mobile crisis response to behavioral health crises whenever possible, or law-enforcement backup of a mobile crisis response when necessary, and that DCJS maintains purview over requirements associated with decreased use of force and body-worn camera system policies and enforcement of such policies in the protocols established pursuant to the bill.The bill provides that, by December 1, 2021, DBHDS shall establish five Marcus alert programs and community care or mobile crisis teams, one located in each of the five DBHDS regions. By July 1, 2023, DBHDS shall establish five additional Marcus alert system programs and community care or mobile crisis teams in such regions. Community services boards or behavioral health authorities that serve the largest populations in each region, unless previously selected, shall be selected for the five additional programs. Additional systems and teams are to be established in subsequent years and, by July 1, 2026, all community services board or behavioral health authority geographical areas shall have established a Marcus alert system that uses community care or mobile crisis teams. The bill provides that, by July 1, 2021, every locality shall establish a voluntary database to be made available to the 9-1-1 alert system and the Marcus alert system to provide mental health information and emergency contact information for response to an emergency or crisis. By July 1, 2022, every locality shall have established local protocols that meet requirements developed by DBHDS for (a) diversion of certain 9-1-1 calls to crisis call centers and (b) the participation of law enforcement in the Marcus alert system. Also by July 1, 2022, every locality shall have established protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system. A \"community care team\" is defined in the bill as a team of mental health service providers, and may include registered peer recovery specialists and law-enforcement officers as a team, with the mental health service providers leading such team, to help stabilize individuals in crisis situations. A \"comprehensive crisis system\" is defined in the bill as a continuum of care established by DBHDS and DCJS and includes a crisis call center, community care and mobile crisis teams, crisis stabilization centers, and the Marcus alert system. A \"mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system\" or \"Marcus alert system\" is defined in the bill as a set of protocols to (1) initiate a behavioral health response to a behavioral health crisis, including for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis secondary to mental illness, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, or any combination thereof; (2) divert such individuals to the behavioral health or developmental services system whenever feasible; and (3) facilitate a specialized response by law enforcement when diversion is not feasible. A \"mobile crisis team\" is defined in the bill as a team of one or more qualified or licensed mental health professionals and may include a registered peer recovery specialist or a family support partner. This bill is identical to HB 5043."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5038"
citation: "Virginia SB 5038 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-08-14"
last_action: "2020-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe32a61-d4cc-4e83-81c8-95ad59c80fe5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5038"
source_hash: "39442436f6e9d9ec47300ff8a6aa4f32377d884d029a2c03798183c776abfc81"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5038 (2020specialI) — Mental health crises; DCJS to assist DBHDS, etc., with development of Marcus alert system.
Mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) shall develop and establish a mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system throughout the Commonwealth. The bill directs DBHDS, in collaboration with DCJS, law enforcement, and other stakeholders, to submit a plan for the establishment of a Marcus alert system no later than July 1, 2021. The bill directs DCJS to develop a plan by July 1, 2021 outlining (i) DCJS's and law-enforcement agencies' roles and engagement with the development of the Marcus alert system; (ii) DCJS's role in the development of minimum standards, best practices, and the review and approval of the protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system; and (iii) plans for measuring progress toward the goals for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system.The bill provides that DBHDS and DCJS shall collaborate to ensure that DBHDS maintains purview over best practices to promote a behavioral health response through the use of a mobile crisis response to behavioral health crises whenever possible, or law-enforcement backup of a mobile crisis response when necessary, and that DCJS maintains purview over requirements associated with decreased use of force and body-worn camera system policies and enforcement of such policies in the protocols established pursuant to the bill.The bill provides that, by December 1, 2021, DBHDS shall establish five Marcus alert programs and community care or mobile crisis teams, one located in each of the five DBHDS regions. By July 1, 2023, DBHDS shall establish five additional Marcus alert system programs and community care or mobile crisis teams in such regions. Community services boards or behavioral health authorities that serve the largest populations in each region, unless previously selected, shall be selected for the five additional programs. Additional systems and teams are to be established in subsequent years and, by July 1, 2026, all community services board or behavioral health authority geographical areas shall have established a Marcus alert system that uses community care or mobile crisis teams. The bill provides that, by July 1, 2021, every locality shall establish a voluntary database to be made available to the 9-1-1 alert system and the Marcus alert system to provide mental health information and emergency contact information for response to an emergency or crisis. By July 1, 2022, every locality shall have established local protocols that meet requirements developed by DBHDS for (a) diversion of certain 9-1-1 calls to crisis call centers and (b) the participation of law enforcement in the Marcus alert system. Also by July 1, 2022, every locality shall have established protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system. A "community care team" is defined in the bill as a team of mental health service providers, and may include registered peer recovery specialists and law-enforcement officers as a team, with the mental health service providers leading such team, to help stabilize individuals in crisis situations. A "comprehensive crisis system" is defined in the bill as a continuum of care established by DBHDS and DCJS and includes a crisis call center, community care and mobile crisis teams, crisis stabilization centers, and the Marcus alert system. A "mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system" or "Marcus alert system" is defined in the bill as a set of protocols to (1) initiate a behavioral health response to a behavioral health crisis, including for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis secondary to mental illness, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, or any combination thereof; (2) divert such individuals to the behavioral health or developmental services system whenever feasible; and (3) facilitate a specialized response by law enforcement when diversion is not feasible. A "mobile crisis team" is defined in the bill as a team of one or more qualified or licensed mental health professionals and may include a registered peer recovery specialist or a family support partner. This bill is identical to HB 5043.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0042)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5038ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5038ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5038S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5038S2)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5038H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5038H1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5038S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5038S1)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5038S3)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5038S3)
## Votes
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 35-N) — **0–35** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 40-N) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (22-Y 14-N) — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 13-N) — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 15-N) — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (25-Y 12-N) — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (59-Y 37-N) — **58–37** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200617D `introduction`
- **2020-08-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200914D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-20** Incorporates SB5084 (McClellan)
- **2020-08-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB5038S1)
- **2020-09-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-09** Committee substitute printed 20201007D-S2 `substitution`
- **2020-09-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-15** Committee substitute rejected 20200914D-S1
- **2020-09-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-15** Committee substitute agreed to 20201007D-S2
- **2020-09-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5038S2
- **2020-09-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB5038S2)
- **2020-09-16** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-16** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-16** Passed Senate (25-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-21** Committee substitute printed 20201229D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB5038H1)
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201229D-H1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5038H1
- **2020-10-02** Passed House with substitute (57-Y 40-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 40-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 35-N)
- **2020-10-07** House insisted on substitute
- **2020-10-07** House requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** Senate acceded to request (22-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference substitute printed 20201332D-S3
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (59-Y 37-N)
- **2020-10-14** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-16** Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 13-N)
- **2020-10-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB5038S3)
- **2020-10-28** Enrolled
- **2020-10-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB5038ER)
- **2020-10-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-30** Signed by President
- **2020-10-30** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 30, 2020
- **2020-10-30** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., November 6, 2020
- **2020-11-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe32a61-d4cc-4e83-81c8-95ad59c80fe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor, purchase of PPE."
description: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor; purchase of personal protective equipment during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat. Grants the Governor authority during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared to establish a program through which the Governor may purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for private, nongovernmental entities and distribute the PPE to such private, nongovernmental entities. The bill exempts the Governor's procurement of such PPE from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act, but requires the Governor to provide for competition where practicable and include a written statement regarding the basis for awarding any contract. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to consult with and survey private, nongovernmental entities prior to implementing any such program in order to assess demand for participation in the program, as well as the quantity and types of personal protective equipment such entities would like to procure. This bill is identical to HB 5050."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5039"
citation: "Virginia SB 5039 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-14"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03801306-1b80-4ae1-a0fc-e74018168980"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5039"
source_hash: "9c9d8989a4195d9b175b77e200012cc1bd047b70552d13446f49aaff7eac6586"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5039 (2020specialI) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor, purchase of PPE.
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor; purchase of personal protective equipment during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat. Grants the Governor authority during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared to establish a program through which the Governor may purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for private, nongovernmental entities and distribute the PPE to such private, nongovernmental entities. The bill exempts the Governor's procurement of such PPE from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act, but requires the Governor to provide for competition where practicable and include a written statement regarding the basis for awarding any contract. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to consult with and survey private, nongovernmental entities prior to implementing any such program in order to assess demand for participation in the program, as well as the quantity and types of personal protective equipment such entities would like to procure. This bill is identical to HB 5050.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0017)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5039ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5039ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5039E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5039E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5039)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5039)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5039H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5039H1)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 32-N) — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200758D `introduction`
- **2020-08-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB5039)
- **2020-08-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-04** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-09-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5039E
- **2020-09-04** Printed as engrossed 20200758D-E
- **2020-09-09** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB5039E)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-21** Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-21** Committee substitute printed 20201215D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB5039H1)
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee substitute agreed to 20201215D-H1
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5039H1
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with substitute (65-Y 32-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 32-N)
- **2020-10-02** House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Title replaced 20201215D-H1
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB5039ER)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 ((effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03801306-1b80-4ae1-a0fc-e74018168980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospice facilities; public health emergency, etc."
description: "State Board of Health; public health emergency; patient visitation; notice to family; emergency. Requires each nursing home, certified nursing facility, and hospice facility to establish a protocol to allow each patient to receive visits, consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as directed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the State Board of Health. Such protocol shall include provisions describing (i) the conditions, including conditions related to the presence of COVID-19 in the facility and community, under which in-person visits will be allowed and under which in-person visits will not be allowed and visits will be required to be virtual; (ii) the requirements with which in-person visitors will be required to comply to protect the health and safety of the patients and staff of the facility; (iii) the types of technology, including interactive audio or video technology, and the staff support necessary to ensure visits are provided; and (iv) the steps the facility will take in the event of a technology failure, service interruption, or documented emergency that prevent visits from occurring. Such protocol shall also include (a) a statement of the frequency with which visits, including virtual and in-person, where appropriate, will be allowed, which shall be at least once every 10 calendar days for each patient; (b) a provision authorizing a patient or the patient's personal representative to waive or limit visitation, provided that such waiver or limitation is included in the patient's health record; and (c) a requirement that each nursing home, certified nursing facility, and hospice facility publish on its website or communicate to each patient or the patient's authorized representative, in writing or via electronic means, the facility's plan for providing visits to patients. The bill contains an emergency clause and requires the Department of Health to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5042"
citation: "Virginia SB 5042 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-15"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcff437e-b4a8-4f27-894d-224cb992d265"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5042"
source_hash: "bc317a4986d095085d515cf1733e0f0e8c095f46042075f6bd3461c50a779f82"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5042 (2020specialI) — Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospice facilities; public health emergency, etc.
State Board of Health; public health emergency; patient visitation; notice to family; emergency. Requires each nursing home, certified nursing facility, and hospice facility to establish a protocol to allow each patient to receive visits, consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as directed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the State Board of Health. Such protocol shall include provisions describing (i) the conditions, including conditions related to the presence of COVID-19 in the facility and community, under which in-person visits will be allowed and under which in-person visits will not be allowed and visits will be required to be virtual; (ii) the requirements with which in-person visitors will be required to comply to protect the health and safety of the patients and staff of the facility; (iii) the types of technology, including interactive audio or video technology, and the staff support necessary to ensure visits are provided; and (iv) the steps the facility will take in the event of a technology failure, service interruption, or documented emergency that prevent visits from occurring. Such protocol shall also include (a) a statement of the frequency with which visits, including virtual and in-person, where appropriate, will be allowed, which shall be at least once every 10 calendar days for each patient; (b) a provision authorizing a patient or the patient's personal representative to waive or limit visitation, provided that such waiver or limitation is included in the patient's health record; and (c) a requirement that each nursing home, certified nursing facility, and hospice facility publish on its website or communicate to each patient or the patient's authorized representative, in writing or via electronic means, the facility's plan for providing visits to patients. The bill contains an emergency clause and requires the Department of Health to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0011)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5042ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5042ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB5042S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5042S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5042)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5042)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-15** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200357D `introduction`
- **2020-08-15** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB5042)
- **2020-08-26** Passed by for the day
- **2020-08-27** Floor substitute printed 20201019D-S1 (Kiggans)
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Amendments by Senator Cosgrove withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-27** Substitute by Senator Kiggans agreed to 20201019D-S1
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB5042S1
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB5042S1)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB5042ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 11 (effective 10/21/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcff437e-b4a8-4f27-894d-224cb992d265`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Telemedicine services; originating site."
description: "Telemedicine services; originating site. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services, regardless of the originating site or whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. \"Originating site\" is defined in the bill as any location where the patient is located, including any medical care facility or office of a health care provider, the home of the patient, the patient's place of employment, or any public or private primary or secondary school or postsecondary institution of higher education at which the person to whom services are provided is located. The bill also requires each (i) insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for telemedicine services regardless of the originating site and whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. The bill also provides that no health care provider who provides health care services via telemedicine services shall be required to use proprietary technology or applications to be reimbursed for providing telemedicine services, and requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue to reimburse health care providers for Medicaid-covered services delivered via audio-only equipment and by telemedicine services until July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 5087 and is identical to HB 5046."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5080"
citation: "Virginia SB 5080 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
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action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-08-17"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0706acd2-0eb8-481a-928c-c769d77570bb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5080"
source_hash: "a6aeb00546b2ac099b937403aec4505f0502df540b1b37eadc69c1ef176ba0e5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5080 (2020specialI) — Telemedicine services; originating site.
Telemedicine services; originating site. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services, regardless of the originating site or whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. "Originating site" is defined in the bill as any location where the patient is located, including any medical care facility or office of a health care provider, the home of the patient, the patient's place of employment, or any public or private primary or secondary school or postsecondary institution of higher education at which the person to whom services are provided is located. The bill also requires each (i) insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for telemedicine services regardless of the originating site and whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. The bill also provides that no health care provider who provides health care services via telemedicine services shall be required to use proprietary technology or applications to be reimbursed for providing telemedicine services, and requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue to reimburse health care providers for Medicaid-covered services delivered via audio-only equipment and by telemedicine services until July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 5087 and is identical to HB 5046.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0053)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5080ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5080ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5080S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5080S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5080S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5080)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (SB5080ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5080ER2)
## Votes
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200554D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Committee substitute printed 20200889D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-20** Incorporates SB5087 (Dunnavant)
- **2020-08-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB5080S1)
- **2020-08-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute agreed to 20200889D-S1
- **2020-08-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5080S1
- **2020-08-27** Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Amendments by Delegate Sickles agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-11-09** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (SB5080ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 53 (effective 11/9/20) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0706acd2-0eb8-481a-928c-c769d77570bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information about cases."
description: "Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information; emergency. Requires the Department of Health to make information about outbreaks of communicable diseases of public health threat at any medical care facility, residential or day program, service or facility licensed or operated by any agency of the Commonwealth, school, or summer camp currently required to report an outbreak of a communicable disease to the Department available to the public on a website maintained by the Department. Such information shall include the name of the place at which the outbreak has occurred and the number of confirmed cases of and deaths resulting from such communicable disease reported by each such place. This bill contains an emergency clause. This bill incorporates SB 5026 and SB 5105 and is identical to HB 5048."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5081"
citation: "Virginia SB 5081 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d78c5fda-6c2d-4204-a2e9-9ea76a6db49b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5081"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5081 (2020specialI) — Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information about cases.
Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information; emergency. Requires the Department of Health to make information about outbreaks of communicable diseases of public health threat at any medical care facility, residential or day program, service or facility licensed or operated by any agency of the Commonwealth, school, or summer camp currently required to report an outbreak of a communicable disease to the Department available to the public on a website maintained by the Department. Such information shall include the name of the place at which the outbreak has occurred and the number of confirmed cases of and deaths resulting from such communicable disease reported by each such place. This bill contains an emergency clause. This bill incorporates SB 5026 and SB 5105 and is identical to HB 5048.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0024)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5081ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5081ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB5081ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5081)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB5081ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5081ES1)
5. **SB5081S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5081S1)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (34-Y 2-N) — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — **0–38** (fail) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200802D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-19** Committee substitute printed 20200886D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-19** Incorporates SB5026 (Newman)
- **2020-08-19** Incorporates SB5105 (Suetterlein)
- **2020-08-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute agreed to 20200886D-S1
- **2020-08-26** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-08-26** Amendment by Senator Barker agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Emergency clause added
- **2020-08-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB5081ES1
- **2020-08-26** Printed as engrossed 20200886D-ES1
- **2020-08-27** Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB5081ES1)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
- **2020-10-07** House insisted on amendment
- **2020-10-07** House requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** Senate acceded to request (34-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-12** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB5081ER)
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 24 (effective 10/28/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d78c5fda-6c2d-4204-a2e9-9ea76a6db49b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Hospices, certain, home care organizations, etc.; immunity from civil liability, COVID-19."
description: "Certain hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunity from civil liability; COVID-19; emergency. Provides that a licensed hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care from a patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosed as being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shall not be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident, or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholding of care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by the emergency result in a lack of resources, attributable to the disaster, that render such hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center unable to provide the level or manner of care that otherwise would have been required in the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury or wrongful death at issue. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill incorporates SB 5023 and is identical to HB 5059."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5082"
citation: "Virginia SB 5082 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2feecee-21d5-46db-97a1-5259797fe482"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5082"
source_hash: "6f4a25275970c2d4d4b02ba05eabc6552da11b17d66533ce566628cffb2bfb87"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5082 (2020specialI) — Hospices, certain, home care organizations, etc.; immunity from civil liability, COVID-19.
Certain hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunity from civil liability; COVID-19; emergency. Provides that a licensed hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care from a patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosed as being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shall not be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident, or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholding of care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by the emergency result in a lack of resources, attributable to the disaster, that render such hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center unable to provide the level or manner of care that otherwise would have been required in the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury or wrongful death at issue. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill incorporates SB 5023 and is identical to HB 5059.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0007)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5082ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5082ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5082S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5082S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5082)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5082)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N) — **17–3** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage Emergency (87-Y 9-N 1-A) — **86–9** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee substitute reconsidered (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200757D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB5082)
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Incorporates SB5023 (Norment)
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute printed 20201039D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20201039D-S1
- **2020-08-28** Passed by for the day
- **2020-08-28** Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-28** Committee substitute reconsidered (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-28** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201039D-S1
- **2020-09-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5082S1
- **2020-09-03** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB5082S1)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed House (87-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Passage Emergency (87-Y 9-N 1-A)
- **2020-10-02** Enrolled
- **2020-10-02** Signed by President
- **2020-10-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- **2020-10-07** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (effective 10/13/20) `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB5082ER)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2feecee-21d5-46db-97a1-5259797fe482`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "School boards; board required to post on its website the COVID-19 virus mitigation plan."
description: "School boards; websites; COVID-19 virus mitigation plan; emergency. Requires each school board to post in a publicly accessible and conspicuous location on its website the plan outlining its strategies for mitigating the spread and public health risk of the COVID-19 virus, consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Virginia Department of Health mitigation recommendations, that the school board is required to submit to the Department of Education before reopening schools in accordance with Phase II and III guidelines pursuant to the June 8, 2020, order of the State Health Commissioner. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5083"
citation: "Virginia SB 5083 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49d97d0c-1c7b-4686-84e5-b89d647e73d4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5083"
source_hash: "ebc91f294690397ed53c0af0a35d2c8eb630e2d3a89691c8fa838eb5fff2720c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5083 (2020specialI) — School boards; board required to post on its website the COVID-19 virus mitigation plan.
School boards; websites; COVID-19 virus mitigation plan; emergency. Requires each school board to post in a publicly accessible and conspicuous location on its website the plan outlining its strategies for mitigating the spread and public health risk of the COVID-19 virus, consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Virginia Department of Health mitigation recommendations, that the school board is required to submit to the Department of Education before reopening schools in accordance with Phase II and III guidelines pursuant to the June 8, 2020, order of the State Health Commissioner. The bill contains an emergency clause.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0009)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5083ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5083ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5083)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5083)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200733D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB5083)
- **2020-08-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-29** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-29** Amendment by Delegate Wilt agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-09-29** Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-29** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB5083ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (effective 10/21/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49d97d0c-1c7b-4686-84e5-b89d647e73d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement."
description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan. Changes from five to 14 days the amount of time that landlords who own four or fewer rental dwelling units must wait after serving written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. The bill requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the total amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the total amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement. The bill also outlines the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the total amount due and owed or enter into a payment arrangement within 14 days of receiving notice or if the tenant enters into a payment arrangement but fails to pay within 14 days of the due date any rent that becomes due under the payment plan or arrangement after such plan or arrangement becomes effective. The bill clarifies that a tenant is not precluded from participating in any other rent relief programs available to the tenant through a nonprofit organization or under the provisions of a federal, state, or local law, regulation, or action. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 5088. This bill incorporates SB 5086 and is identical to HB 5064."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5088"
citation: "Virginia SB 5088 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 54
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb3af5d-c5fd-44ea-941b-514ce1d8cb2f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5088"
source_hash: "72e72da657c16928d72b807735917ab7e80309c4c76a5ab5a01736903669ea13"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5088 (2020specialI) — Virginia Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan. Changes from five to 14 days the amount of time that landlords who own four or fewer rental dwelling units must wait after serving written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. The bill requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the total amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the total amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement. The bill also outlines the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the total amount due and owed or enter into a payment arrangement within 14 days of receiving notice or if the tenant enters into a payment arrangement but fails to pay within 14 days of the due date any rent that becomes due under the payment plan or arrangement after such plan or arrangement becomes effective. The bill clarifies that a tenant is not precluded from participating in any other rent relief programs available to the tenant through a nonprofit organization or under the provisions of a federal, state, or local law, regulation, or action. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 5088. This bill incorporates SB 5086 and is identical to HB 5064.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0054)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5088ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5088ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5088H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5088H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5088S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5088S1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5088S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5088)
6. **Reenrolled bill text (SB5088ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5088ER2)
## Votes
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 and #4 (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (34-Y 2-N) — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 40-N) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 12-N) — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — **0–38** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (57-Y 41-N) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Presented and ordered printed 20200827D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Committee substitute printed 20200860D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-19** Incorporates SB5086 (Bell)
- **2020-08-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB5088S1)
- **2020-08-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute agreed to 20200860D-S1
- **2020-08-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5088S1
- **2020-08-27** Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-21** Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-21** Committee substitute printed 20201225D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee substitute agreed to 20201225D-H1
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5088H1
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with substitute (55-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-10-02** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
- **2020-10-07** House insisted on substitute
- **2020-10-07** House requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB5088H1)
- **2020-10-07** Senate acceded to request (34-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-14** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 40-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 40-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 12-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB5088ER)
- **2020-10-28** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (37-Y 2-N)
- **2020-11-09** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 and #4 (22-Y 17-N)
- **2020-11-09** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 41-N)
- **2020-11-09** VOTE: (57-Y 41-N)
- **2020-11-09** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- **2020-11-09** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Reenrolled bill text (SB5088ER2)
- **2020-11-09** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-11-09** Enacted, Chapter 54 (effective 11/9/20) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb3af5d-c5fd-44ea-941b-514ce1d8cb2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 virus; Commissioner of Health shall make information available to public on a website."
description: "Commissioner of Health; publication of informationabout certain communicable diseases; COVID-19 progress benchmarks;emergency. Requires that upon the declaration of a public healthemergency related to a communicable disease, the Commissioner ofHealth weekly make available to the public information about confirmedcases of the communicable disease among the total population of theCommonwealth and separate information about total confirmed casesof the communicable disease among the general population of the Commonwealthdisplayed in comparison to total confirmed cases of the communicabledisease among persons living in confined spaces within the Commonwealth.The bill defines \"confined spaces\" as nursing homes, jails and prisons,and group homes. The bill also requires the Commissioner to publish confirmed cases of communicable disease by age group in incrementsof 10 years. The bill directs the Commissioner to develop and makeavailable to the public on a website maintained by the Departmentof Health COVID-19 pandemic progress benchmarks that include progressbenchmarks for percent positivity rates, percent ventilator utilization,percent intensive care unit utilization by COVID-19 patients, and other variables as deemed appropriate. The bill contains an emergencyclause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5090"
citation: "Virginia SB 5090 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17a01f0e-070a-4133-b072-fa37aae90bf8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5090"
source_hash: "9c56da85f6733ad385dbb5f15fe84ee111ad870ed507907cfbaa0e60202f976a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5090 (2020specialI) — COVID-19 virus; Commissioner of Health shall make information available to public on a website.
Commissioner of Health; publication of informationabout certain communicable diseases; COVID-19 progress benchmarks;emergency. Requires that upon the declaration of a public healthemergency related to a communicable disease, the Commissioner ofHealth weekly make available to the public information about confirmedcases of the communicable disease among the total population of theCommonwealth and separate information about total confirmed casesof the communicable disease among the general population of the Commonwealthdisplayed in comparison to total confirmed cases of the communicabledisease among persons living in confined spaces within the Commonwealth.The bill defines "confined spaces" as nursing homes, jails and prisons,and group homes. The bill also requires the Commissioner to publish confirmed cases of communicable disease by age group in incrementsof 10 years. The bill directs the Commissioner to develop and makeavailable to the public on a website maintained by the Departmentof Health COVID-19 pandemic progress benchmarks that include progressbenchmarks for percent positivity rates, percent ventilator utilization,percent intensive care unit utilization by COVID-19 patients, and other variables as deemed appropriate. The bill contains an emergencyclause.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0013)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5090ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5090ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB5090S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5090S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5090)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5090)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5090H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5090H1)
## Votes
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200653D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB5090)
- **2020-08-26** Floor substitute printed 20200957D-S1 (Dunnavant)
- **2020-08-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-26** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-08-26** Committee amendments rejected
- **2020-08-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-26** Substitute by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 20200957D-S1
- **2020-08-26** Emergency clause deleted
- **2020-08-26** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB5090S1
- **2020-08-27** Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB5090S1)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-17** Committee substitute printed 20201208D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB5090H1)
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee substitute agreed to 20201208D-H1
- **2020-09-25** Floor Amendment by Delegate Sickles agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB5090H1
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with substitute with amendment (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-02** Title replaced 20201208D-H1
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB5090ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17a01f0e-070a-4133-b072-fa37aae90bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic."
description: "Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Extends until at least July 1, 2022, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020. This bill incorporates SB 5044."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5106"
citation: "Virginia SB 5106 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-18"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2271fa6a-5478-44dd-9d2e-bb9e50e27542"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5106"
source_hash: "a9aa9cce94c80d03ccb579f91ec9ce786a2e6eb84d4f3e1b5a1939b74ce93513"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5106 (2020specialI) — Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Extends until at least July 1, 2022, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020. This bill incorporates SB 5044.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0040)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5106ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5106ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5106S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5106S1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5106S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5106)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 5-N 1-A) — **88–5** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 4-N) — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (10-Y 1-N) — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200760D `introduction`
- **2020-08-18** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Local Government with substitute (10-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200900D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-20** Incorporates SB5044 (Deeds)
- **2020-08-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20200900D-S1
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5106S1
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-21** Reported from General Laws with amendment (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-09-29** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-29** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-07** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-10-07** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-10-07** Passed House with amendment (89-Y 5-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 5-N 1-A)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2271fa6a-5478-44dd-9d2e-bb9e50e27542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor, executive orders, penalty."
description: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor; executive orders; penalty. Provides that a violation of an executive order declared by the Governor as the Director of Emergency Management shall be punishable either as a civil penalty of not more than $500 or as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the only penalty for such a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also mandates that a violation of an executive order that is punishable as a civil penalty shall be charged by summons and may be executed by a law-enforcement officer when such violation is observed by the officer. The proceeds of any such civil penalty that is imposed shall be paid and collected only in lawful money of the United States and paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund. This bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2023,&nbsp;and is identical to HB 5093."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5117"
citation: "Virginia SB 5117 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-19"
last_action: "2020-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8957c107-92c4-4f7d-8721-42ded4177934"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5117"
source_hash: "96e9e878678a1899fb1d548d72f262a0d3a3b6e77dcd59c2dc3d626eaf5791df"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5117 (2020specialI) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor, executive orders, penalty.
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor; executive orders; penalty. Provides that a violation of an executive order declared by the Governor as the Director of Emergency Management shall be punishable either as a civil penalty of not more than $500 or as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, the only penalty for such a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also mandates that a violation of an executive order that is punishable as a civil penalty shall be charged by summons and may be executed by a law-enforcement officer when such violation is observed by the officer. The proceeds of any such civil penalty that is imposed shall be paid and collected only in lawful money of the United States and paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund. This bill has an expiration date of June 30, 2023,&nbsp;and is identical to HB 5093.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0015)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5117ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5117ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5117)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5117)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N) — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 7-N) — **7–7** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-19** Presented and ordered printed 20200839D `introduction`
- **2020-08-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB5117)
- **2020-08-27** Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 7-N)
- **2020-08-31** Reconsidered by General Laws and Technology
- **2020-08-31** Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** Reported from Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-09-25** Passed House with amendment (56-Y 41-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N)
- **2020-10-02** House amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB5117ER)
- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8957c107-92c4-4f7d-8721-42ded4177934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections, Department of; appropriations to provide prepaid postage for return of absentee ballots."
description: "Appropriation; Department of Elections. Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Department of Elections to be usedto provide prepaid postage for the return of absentee ballots forthe November 3, 2020, election. The bill requires that such prepaidpostage be provided by localities, which will be reimbursed by theDepartment out of the appropriation. The bill also makes other procedural changes for absentee voting for the November 3, 2020, election,including directing the State Board of Elections to promulgate emergencyregulations for the establishment and operation of drop-off locationsfor completed ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5120"
citation: "Virginia SB 5120 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-21"
last_action: "2020-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11dcc478-554b-427a-b71f-0dc9bcc3327d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5120"
source_hash: "0992208b4bff38771a916fadbf36ea38088786769a327eb018f1ae73fd0b6115"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 5120 (2020specialI) — Elections, Department of; appropriations to provide prepaid postage for return of absentee ballots.
Appropriation; Department of Elections. Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Department of Elections to be usedto provide prepaid postage for the return of absentee ballots forthe November 3, 2020, election. The bill requires that such prepaidpostage be provided by localities, which will be reimbursed by theDepartment out of the appropriation. The bill also makes other procedural changes for absentee voting for the November 3, 2020, election,including directing the State Board of Elections to promulgate emergencyregulations for the establishment and operation of drop-off locationsfor completed ballots.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0001)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5120ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB5120ES2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120ES2)
4. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120S1)
5. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120)
6. **SB5120S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5120S2)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Amendment by Senator Ruff rejected (15-Y 21-N) — **15–21** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) — **21–16** (pass) · upper
- Amendment #2 by Senator Newman rejected (15-Y 21-N) — **15–21** (fail) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-21** Presented and ordered printed 20200923D `introduction`
- **2020-08-21** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Committee substitute printed 20200947D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Impact statement from VCSC (SB5120S1)
- **2020-08-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-27** Floor substitute printed 20201001D-S2 (Howell)
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-27** Committee substitute rejected 20200947D-S1
- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-27** Substitute by Senator Howell agreed to 20201001D-S2
- **2020-08-27** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-08-27** Amendment by Senator Deeds agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-08-27** Amendment #1 by Senator Newman out of order
- **2020-08-27** Amendment #2 by Senator Newman rejected (15-Y 21-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-08-27** Amendment by Senator Ruff rejected (15-Y 21-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB5120ES2
- **2020-08-27** Printed as engrossed 20201001D-ES2
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-02** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-09-04** Passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled
- **2020-09-04** Signed by President
- **2020-09-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on September 4, 2020
- **2020-09-04** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., September 11, 2020
- **2020-09-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 9/4/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11dcc478-554b-427a-b71f-0dc9bcc3327d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).