---
type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Criminal Sentencing Commission; specifies that the Commission is a criminal justice agency."
description: "Definition of criminal justice agency; VirginiaCriminal Sentencing Commission. Specifies that the Virginia CriminalSentencing Commission is a criminal justice agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1022"
citation: "Virginia HB 1022 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e038f6e0-bb8d-4dc7-b925-e424a1210975"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1022"
source_hash: "93ccc6b417795230c31254f3947b1337bf5a2f1a076fb863bc262f222c64e65f"
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 1022 (2020) — Va. Criminal Sentencing Commission; specifies that the Commission is a criminal justice agency.

Definition of criminal justice agency; VirginiaCriminal Sentencing Commission. Specifies that the Virginia CriminalSentencing Commission is a criminal justice agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0090)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1022ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1022ER)
3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1022ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1022)

## Votes

- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Les R. Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101519D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e038f6e0-bb8d-4dc7-b925-e424a1210975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).