---
type: "Bill"
title: "Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes."
description: "Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes.Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdictiongrand jury may investigate: (i) financial exploitation of a vulnerableadult, (ii) financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult by an agent,and (iii) abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult. This bill is arecommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 769"
citation: "Virginia HB 769 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d242af7-260e-431b-a92b-78f67339a37c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB769"
source_hash: "91fc5851a147733b9c46573f9b7130bd8a38d2aefe3d77c321dbc168ceee4db4"
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 769 (2024) — Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes.

Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; elder abuse crimes.Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdictiongrand jury may investigate: (i) financial exploitation of a vulnerableadult, (ii) financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult by an agent,and (iii) abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult. This bill is arecommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0397** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0397)
2. **HB769ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB769ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102980D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB769)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102980D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** 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 (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB769ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 397 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0397)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d242af7-260e-431b-a92b-78f67339a37c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).