---
type: "Bill"
title: "Larceny and embezzlement offenses; prosecution in any county or city where the victim resides."
description: "Larceny offenses; venue. Allows grand larcenyand embezzlement offenses to be prosecuted in any county or citywhere the victim of the larceny or embezzlement resides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "Virginia HB 1256 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillary Pugh Kent"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9921dd21-4f34-46fe-8a79-0e35c4ed7d17"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1256"
source_hash: "6514f01d7cdb0baf98e77b12d1d38cbd3723a15e5859a29edf386b65050259f6"
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 1256 (2024) — Larceny and embezzlement offenses; prosecution in any county or city where the victim resides.

Larceny offenses; venue. Allows grand larcenyand embezzlement offenses to be prosecuted in any county or citywhere the victim of the larceny or embezzlement resides.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0475** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0475)
2. **HB1256ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1256ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102464D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1256)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (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 (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102464D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1256ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** 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 475 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9921dd21-4f34-46fe-8a79-0e35c4ed7d17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).