---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty."
description: "Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1396"
citation: "Virginia SB 1396 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9760b30-dcb9-4826-9917-4415e0810060"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1396"
source_hash: "2701ae6f558198d9cc41920c4104e46ddbc2c6c17d04c795ac76fb9b2182ecb8"
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 SB 1396 (2023) — Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0358** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0358)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104438D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1396S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106694D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1396H1)
4. **SB1396ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1396ER)
5. **SB1396H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1396H2)
6. **SB1396S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1396S2)

## Votes

- House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Committee substitute agreed to (21-Y 18-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 9-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101935D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396)
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1396)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Incorporates SB1296 (DeSteph)
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23104438D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396S1)
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB1396S1)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Floor substitute printed 23106361D-S2 (Surovell)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to (21-Y 18-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Title replaced 23104438D-S1
- **2023-02-06** Floor Substitute by Senator Surovell ruled out of order
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1396S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396S2)
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1396S2)
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106694D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396H1)
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1396H1)
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-22** Floor substitute printed 23107160D-H2 (Byron)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee on Courts of Justice substitute rejected 23106694D-H1
- **2023-02-22** Substitute by Delegate Byron agreed to 23107160D-H2
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1396H2
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute (52-Y 44-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1396H2)
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396H2)
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23106694D-H1
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1396ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1396ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9760b30-dcb9-4826-9917-4415e0810060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).