---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William."
description: "Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William. Establishes a public defender office for the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and the County of Prince William. This bill is identical to SB 72."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 366"
citation: "Virginia HB 366 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Carroll Foy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecbb8668-49ba-42f3-ad89-70bc8edd2d63"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB366"
source_hash: "80f7c51ccce37a44b2f547ae9b7a85cd32f8523111fc60476d0f4cc96e73b9c1"
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 366 (2020) — Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William.

Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William. Establishes a public defender office for the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and the County of Prince William. This bill is identical to SB 72.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0348)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0348)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB366ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB366ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB366)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB366)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (33-Y 3-N) — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 2-N 1-A) — **10–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102673D `introduction`
- **2020-01-02** 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)
- **2020-01-17** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB366)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-12** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (33-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB366ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 348 (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/ecbb8668-49ba-42f3-ad89-70bc8edd2d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).