---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty."
description: "Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1885"
citation: "Virginia HB 1885 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aae26527-48ad-4905-8058-bd99e8fd72ea"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1885"
source_hash: "eeee851788c58cfe54bbeb2598dbe56c3114b41d540516e230919c64acc38207"
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 1885 (2023) — Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0357** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0357)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106924D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1885S1)
3. **HB1885ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1885ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101037D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1885)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption #2 (52-Y 45-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101037D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1885)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1885)
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106924D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1885S1)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106924D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1885S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1885S1)
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106924D-S1 (51-Y 46-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N)
- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption #2 (52-Y 45-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1885ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1885ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aae26527-48ad-4905-8058-bd99e8fd72ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).