republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2410.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Terrorist organization, designated; providing material support, penalty."
description: "Provides that any person who knowingly provides any material support to an individual or organization whose primary objective is to commit an act of terrorism and does so with the intent to further such objective is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the provision of such material support results in the death of any person, the penalty is increased to a Class 2 felony. The bill also expands the definition of an act of terrorism to include an act committed outside the Commonwealth that would meet the definition of an act of violence if such act was committed within the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2410"
citation: "Virginia HB 2410 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Todd Gilbert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9c3ab63-1740-4117-b1cf-fbe065277696"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2410"
source_hash: "7df8c99a47217f4eabfeaa84b3f9a58c641c926277ea3e745a22a5b9a3612742"
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 2410 (2017) — Terrorist organization, designated; providing material support, penalty.

Provides that any person who knowingly provides any material support to an individual or organization whose primary objective is to commit an act of terrorism and does so with the intent to further such objective is guilty of a Class 3 felony. If the provision of such material support results in the death of any person, the penalty is increased to a Class 2 felony. The bill also expands the definition of an act of terrorism to include an act committed outside the Commonwealth that would meet the definition of an act of violence if such act was committed within the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0624)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0624)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2410ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2410ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105165D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2410H1)
4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104472D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2410)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105362D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2410S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105362D-S1 — **0–97** (fail) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by House — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate insisted on substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- C. Todd Gilbert — primary (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 17104472D `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105165D-H1
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2410H1
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17105362D-S1
- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2410S1
- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105362D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- **2017-02-22** Senate requested conference committee
- **2017-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 624 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9c3ab63-1740-4117-b1cf-fbe065277696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).