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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Escape from jail or custody; penalty."
+description: "Escape from jail or custody; penalty. Specifies that the definition of law-enforcement officer that currently applies for the crime of assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer shall be used for the purposes of the crimes related to escaping from jail or custody of a law-enforcement officer. This bill is identical to HB 2406."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 861"
+citation: "Virginia SB 861 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-03"
+last_action: "2025-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dd4212e-dadc-43ef-b8b4-5ad0734c09fe"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB861"
+source_hash: "fa963c20715a45c28dc625b53134e997bd7c8e1ff2d66e6aa3d5b927d71d9254"
+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 861 (2025) — Escape from jail or custody; penalty.
+
+Escape from jail or custody; penalty. Specifies that the definition of law-enforcement officer that currently applies for the crime of assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer shall be used for the purposes of the crimes related to escaping from jail or custody of a law-enforcement officer. This bill is identical to HB 2406.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013639.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071030.PDF)
+3. **Public Safety Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1043982.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049797.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
+- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100237D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-07** Impact statement from VCSC (SB861)
+- **2025-01-15** Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-23** Rules suspended
+- **2025-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-23** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-24** Engrossed by Senate
+- **2025-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
+- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-07** Committee substitute printed 25106914D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2025-02-07** Impact statement from VCSC (SB861)
+- **2025-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB861)
+- **2025-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-12** Public Safety Substitute rejected
+- **2025-02-12** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB861ER) `passage`
+- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB861)
+- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
+- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 41 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dd4212e-dadc-43ef-b8b4-5ad0734c09fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+