---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act; prevention of juvenile crime prior to intake."
description: "Provides that juveniles who have been screened for needing community-based services using an evidence-based assessment protocol are eligible to receive community-based services as provided by the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (§ 16.1-309.2 et seq.). The bill also requires the total number of children who have been screened for needing community diversion or community-based services using an evidence-based assessment protocol to be factored into the funding determination for community diversion services as provided for by the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1771"
citation: "Virginia HB 1771 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-26"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25b6f4bc-59e2-4287-adad-894f83b57c97"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1771"
source_hash: "8eb769582cb4e9e148f77a95024297c3131c0c42b1515fb4ca68811daac1421e"
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 1771 (2019) — Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act; prevention of juvenile crime prior to intake.

Provides that juveniles who have been screened for needing community-based services using an evidence-based assessment protocol are eligible to receive community-based services as provided by the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act (§ 16.1-309.2 et seq.). The bill also requires the total number of children who have been screened for needing community diversion or community-based services using an evidence-based assessment protocol to be factored into the funding determination for community diversion services as provided for by the Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0105)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0105)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1771ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1771ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100033D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1771)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100033D `introduction`
- **2018-12-26** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 105 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25b6f4bc-59e2-4287-adad-894f83b57c97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).