---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ignition interlock systems; venue."
description: "Circumvention of ignition interlock systems;venue. Provides that the venue for the prosecution of a circumventionof the operation of an ignition interlock system that is identifiedby a local alcohol and safety action program through the use of anin-vehicle camera shall be the jurisdiction in which the order prohibitinga person from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped witha functioning ignition interlock system was entered."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 663"
citation: "Virginia HB 663 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bac8c3db-daf9-4785-bb65-f28fc1aaf8b6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB663"
source_hash: "5354d6aca97c73fdaec679fcdbbfbc01d58bd7c77a36909b267c2bcd8083ef55"
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 663 (2020) — Ignition interlock systems; venue.

Circumvention of ignition interlock systems;venue. Provides that the venue for the prosecution of a circumventionof the operation of an ignition interlock system that is identifiedby a local alcohol and safety action program through the use of anin-vehicle camera shall be the jurisdiction in which the order prohibitinga person from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped witha functioning ignition interlock system was entered.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0129)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0129)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB663ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB663ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB663E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB663)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB663E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB663E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N) — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100647D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB663E
- **2020-01-27** Printed as engrossed 20100647D-E
- **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 with amendment (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** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-19** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 129 (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/bac8c3db-daf9-4785-bb65-f28fc1aaf8b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).