---
type: "Bill"
title: "Racketeering offenses; penalty."
description: "Racketeering offenses; penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 896"
citation: "Virginia SB 896 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDougle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc1ce6da-4711-464a-bf2c-3d3c8f89b00d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB896"
source_hash: "0b0ad5b7da935819e593f925fc4fbc63ecb5e69b24604f871e67c921ecf44c9f"
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 896 (2023) — Racketeering offenses; penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0608** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0608)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106688D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB896H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103447D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB896)
4. **SB896ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB896ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- McDougle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103447D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06** Impact statement from VCSC (SB896)
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB896)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **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** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-07** Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **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 (11-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106688D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from VCSC (SB896H1)
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106688D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB896H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB896H1)
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106688D-H1
- **2023-02-20** Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB896ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB896ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 608 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0608)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc1ce6da-4711-464a-bf2c-3d3c8f89b00d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).