---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public defender offices; establishes in City of Harrisonburg and County of Rockingham."
description: "Public defender offices; City of Harrisonburgand County of Rockingham. Establishes a public defender officefor the City of Harrisonburg and the County of Rockingham."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1014"
citation: "Virginia HB 1014 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony O. Wilt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f176fcb6-05a7-476c-8d3b-d40d12394eb6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1014"
source_hash: "1231f5366cd30fcdfc49e69aaefadd999852a237e0d4eb5e655612f942a47b54"
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 1014 (2024) — Public defender offices; establishes in City of Harrisonburg and County of Rockingham.

Public defender offices; City of Harrisonburgand County of Rockingham. Establishes a public defender officefor the City of Harrisonburg and the County of Rockingham.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0313)
2. **HB1014ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1014ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100864D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1014)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (34-Y 5-N) — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100864D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1014)
- **2024-01-20** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-22** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (34-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1014ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1014ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 313 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f176fcb6-05a7-476c-8d3b-d40d12394eb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).