---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dead animals; makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to place within or on any church."
description: "Injuries to churches or church property; mutilateddead animals. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person towillfully or maliciously place a mutilated dead animal within anychurch or on church property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1096"
citation: "Virginia HB 1096 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Miyares"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0efb591-bfab-4eda-849e-2c8f8e79e6a7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1096"
source_hash: "97786d23825314f704b8e0953875a9e98610e3a3dd7cd685aaf85535695b087a"
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 1096 (2020) — Dead animals; makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to place within or on any church.

Injuries to churches or church property; mutilateddead animals. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person towillfully or maliciously place a mutilated dead animal within anychurch or on church property.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0485)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0485)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1096ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1096ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1096E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1096)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1096E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1096E)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1096S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1096S1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 1-N) — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103067D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB1096E
- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20103067D-E
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1096E)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute printed 20108769D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1096S1)
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20108769D-S1
- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1096S1
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108769D-S1 (93-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 1-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1096ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 485 (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/e0efb591-bfab-4eda-849e-2c8f8e79e6a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).