---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capitol Police, Division of; arrest without warrant."
description: "Capitol Police, Division of; arrest without warrant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2329"
citation: "Virginia HB 2329 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James W. Morefield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5e6cdfb-9492-490d-aef2-728ff8ecdf03"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2329"
source_hash: "09d49ee4c1a3ef29e524754c81f7ab75a53e6fe85662c3ccfbf484bff6c7035b"
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 2329 (2017) — Capitol Police, Division of; arrest without warrant.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0208)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2329ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2329ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103868D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2329)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **20–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James W. Morefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 17103868D `introduction`
- **2017-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 208 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5e6cdfb-9492-490d-aef2-728ff8ecdf03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).