---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protective orders; venue."
description: "Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the party protected by the protective order resided at the time of such violation. This bill is identical to SB 211."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 895"
citation: "Virginia HB 895 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28857d1d-92e1-410e-8885-fce3a182f3cf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB895"
source_hash: "5e6d8459d95938ee97ae3bd1cd8dfd352c5fb7aa695af264daef145474f22ad1"
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 895 (2024) — Protective orders; venue.

Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the party protected by the protective order resided at the time of such violation. This bill is identical to SB 211.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0108)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105616D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB895H1)
3. **HB895ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB895ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100976D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB895)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100976D `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** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Committee substitute printed 24105616D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 24105616D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB895H1 `substitution`
- **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`
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB895ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** 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`
- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 108 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0108)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28857d1d-92e1-410e-8885-fce3a182f3cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).